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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 dates13,946Searchable applications
147Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 12,709 approved or refused records
528Refused applications
12,181 approved · 528 refused · 483 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided20/0527/PP
External alterations including removal of chimney, replacement roof lights and roof reinstatement.
14 High Street Lochwinnoch PA12 4DA
Received 7 Sept 2020 - Decided19/0740/PP
Part change of use of shop (Class 1) to hot food takwaway (sui generis) (in retrospect).
9 Dunvegan Quadrant Renfrew PA4 9BS
Received 30 Oct 2019 - Decided19/0696/PP
Erection of two storey side and rear extensions to dwellinghouse
28 Douglas Avenue Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9NE
Received 15 Oct 2019 - Decided19/0695/PP
Erection of first floor extension to front of dwellinghouse
481 Brierie Hill Road Crosslee Johnstone PA6 7BR
Received 14 Oct 2019 - Decided20/0736/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
43 Loanhead Road Linwood Paisley PA3 3QN
Received 24 Nov 2020 - Decided20/0565/PP
Erection of bakery unit (Class 3) with associated drive thru
Land To South Of M8 Motorway Mossland Road Hillington Park Glasgow
Received 17 Sept 2020 - Decided20/0735/LB
Alterations to shopfront
1 Causeyside Street Paisley PA1 1UW
Received 24 Nov 2020 - Decided20/0591/TC
Height reduction of birch tree.
Barrfield Main Street Houston Johnstone PA6 7EL
Received 24 Sept 2020 - Decided20/0474/TP
Felling of two leylandii trees
35 Linn Park Gardens Johnstone PA5 8LH
Received 19 Aug 2020 - Decided19/0851/TP
Felling of three Hawthorn, three Leyland Cypress, one Rowan, four Silver Birch, three Ash and one Pine, and crown cleaning of two Oak trees.
Nos 1 And 3 And 5 Chestnut Place Johnstone
Received 17 Dec 2019 - Decided19/0849/CC
Demolition of former Student Residences
20 Underwood Lane Paisley PA1 2SL
Received 16 Dec 2019 - Decided19/0821/PP
Erection of porch to front of dwellinghouse
5 Lubnaig Drive Erskine PA8 6AU
Received 2 Dec 2019 - Decided19/0820/AD
Display of illuminated fascia, drive thru directional and totem signs.
Unit C 1 Pegasus Avenue Paisley PA1 2BH
Received 29 Nov 2019 - Decided20/0391/PP
Erection of detached double garage
55 Bridge Of Weir Road Linwood Paisley PA3 3DY
Received 20 Jul 2020 - Decided21/0102/PP
Erection of lean-to greenhouse to side of dwellinghouse.
10 Low Barholm Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2ET
Received 16 Feb 2021 - Decided19/0744/PP
Installation of ATM to shop front (in retrospect)
Unit 4 Ferguslie Retail Park 111 Ferguslie Paisley PA1 2UZ
Received 31 Oct 2019 - Decided19/0743/PP
Sub-division of existing semi-detached house to form two dwellings, single storey extension to rear and erection of single storey detached shed.
1 Rosehill Well Road Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2LZ
Received 30 Oct 2019 - Decided19/0742/PP
Formation of four flatted dwellings and external alterations including new windows, stone work and roof works.
3 County Place Paisley PA1 1BN
Received 30 Oct 2019 - Decided19/0741/LB
External and internal alterations.
3 County Place Paisley PA1 1BN
Received 30 Oct 2019 - Decided20/0416/TP
Felling of one sycamore tree and removal of two self-seeded saplings
26 Cherry Place Johnstone PA5 0DB
Received 30 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0405/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse
11 Millfield Drive Erskine PA8 6JA
Received 27 Jul 2020 - Decided19/0819/PP
Erection of domestic garage.
The Braes Forehouse Road Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2PT
Received 29 Nov 2019 - Decided20/0222/PP
Alteration to finishing materials on front and side elevations of dwellinghouse
3 Strathgryffe Crescent Bridge Of Weir PA11 3LG
Received 23 Apr 2020 - Decided20/0336/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side and single storey extension to front of dwellinghouse
6 Cawdor Crescent Bishopton PA7 5DX
Received 24 Jun 2020
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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