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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
Renfrewshire
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Renfrewshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates13,953Searchable applications
147Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 12,716 approved or refused records
529Refused applications
12,187 approved · 529 refused · 483 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Apr 2006 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
More application records
- Decided20/0335/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
20 Strathcarron Road Paisley PA2 7DL
Received 24 Jun 2020 - Decided20/0306/PP
Formation of driveway
Flat 0/1 10 Ladeside Drive Johnstone PA5 8RG
Received 5 Jun 2020 - Decided20/0047/PP
Erection of single storey extension, installation of flue, formation of access ramp and external alterations.
St Mark's Church 334 Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3DL
Received 4 Feb 2020 - Decided19/0719/PP
Erection of single storey extension to front and side of dwellinghouse
32 Baronscourt Gardens Paisley PA1 2TJ
Received 22 Oct 2019 - Decided20/0404/CL
Conversion of integral garage to form family room
44 Hillman Crescent Paisley PA3 3FD
Received 27 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0403/CL
Rear extension and interior alterations to existing house
38 Hillman Crescent Paisley PA3 3FD
Received 24 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0525/CL
Conversion of integral garage to form habitable room with associated alterations to front elevation
6 Newlandcraigs Avenue Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9BJ
Received 7 Sept 2020 - Decided20/0524/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse
14 Queenside Crescent Erskine PA8 6HW
Received 7 Sept 2020 - Decided20/0193/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear and installation of dormers to front and rear
22 Kinloch Road Renfrew PA4 0RJ
Received 1 Apr 2020 - Decided20/0611/PP
Erection of raised platform (in retrospect)
Fairhaven Hagg Crescent Johnstone PA5 8TA
Received 5 Oct 2020 - Decided21/0173/PP
demolition of existing kitchen/outhouse. construction of single storey extension to rear of property on existing footprint of kitchen/outhouse.
138 Sandy Road Renfrew PA4 0BX
Received 8 Mar 2021 - Decided21/0013/PP
Variation of condition 2 of planning permission 15/0778/PP(Use of site as car wash and erection of wash bays and associated works) to extend the hours of operation from 7am to 10pm, seven days a week.
26 Lonend Paisley
Received 14 Jan 2021 - Decided20/0199/PP
Erection of garden hut
Flat 1/1 19 Ewing Street Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2JA
Received 6 Apr 2020 - Decided20/0198/PP
Conversion of former licensed club/venue to residential development comprising 22 flats and external alterations including the formation of additional window openings
Main Building Paisley Liberal Club High Street Paisley PA1 2BZ
Received 6 Apr 2020 - Decided20/0197/LB
Refurbishment of exterior and alterations including formation of new openings to School Wynd facade
Main Building Paisley Liberal Club High Street Paisley PA1 2BZ
Received 2 Apr 2020 - Decided20/0196/PA
Erection of monopole and associated cabinets
Site 10 Metres North Of 68 To 74 Glasgow Road Paisley
Received 2 Apr 2020 - Decided19/0651/PP
Replacement shop front.
34 High Street Paisley PA1 2DQ
Received 27 Sept 2019 - Decided19/0650/PP
Alterations to shopfront and window replacement.
52 High Street Paisley PA1 2DJ
Received 27 Sept 2019 - Decided20/0305/PP
Erection of domestic outbuilding with associated terrace and retaining wall within garden ground to rear of dwellinghouses, alterations to boundaries and landscaping to include formation of paths and artificial pond and stream
Braefoot & North Lodge North Street Houston Johnstone PA6 7HF
Received 4 Jun 2020 - Decided20/0229/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
46 Dunchurch Road Paisley PA1 3EX
Received 29 Apr 2020 - Decided20/0201/AD
Display of internally illuminated fascia sign
6 Macdowall Street Johnstone PA5 8QL
Received 7 Apr 2020 - Decided20/0142/PP
Erection of porch to front of dwellinghouse
5 Dunsmore Road Bishopton PA7 5EL
Received 5 Mar 2020 - Decided20/0213/CL
Formation of dormer to rear of dwellinghouse and external alterations to existing extension
Greenbank Lintwhite Crescent Bridge Of Weir PA11 3LJ
Received 15 Apr 2020 - Decided20/0449/PP
Deletion of condition 5 of planning approval 19/0051/PP with alternative access (with passing lanes)
Chapel Farm House Chapel Road Houston Johnstone PA6 7AX
Received 13 Aug 2020
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Renfrewshire, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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