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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 dates13,973Searchable applications
147Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 12,736 approved or refused records
530Refused applications
12,206 approved · 530 refused · 483 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided20/0162/LB
Installation of ATM within glass shop front in retrospect.
Ground Floor 28 High Street Paisley PA1 2BZ
Received 11 Mar 2020 - Decided20/0161/PP
Change of use from Class 4/5/6 (industrial) to Class 11
Unit 1 Abercorn Industrial Estate Abercorn Street Paisley PA3 4AY
Received 11 Mar 2020 - Decided19/0867/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
49 High Parksail Erskine PA8 7HY
Received 18 Dec 2019 - Decided20/0029/TP
Removal of two low lying trunks from willow tree.
26 Loanhead Avenue Linwood Paisley PA3 3QP
Received 23 Jan 2020 - Decided20/0392/PP
Erection of vehicle parking canopy within service yard
16 Thread Street Paisley
Received 21 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0291/PP
Erection of extension to rear of converted barn.
Lochside House Lochside Lochwinnoch PA12 4JH
Received 28 May 2020 - Decided20/0268/TP
Removal of deadwood from three lime trees and pruning of overhanging branches from six trees
7 Crosbie Woods Paisley PA2 0SG
Received 19 May 2020 - Decided20/0267/AD
Display of 48 screen digital billboard
13-19 Renfrew Road Paisley PA3 4BD
Received 18 May 2020 - Decided20/0371/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
342 Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3BH
Received 10 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0370/TP
Crown reduction of tree
2 Brierie Avenue Crosslee Johnstone PA6 7BQ
Received 10 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0369/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse and expansion of decking at rear
15 Auchmannoch Avenue Paisley PA1 3AQ
Received 10 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0368/PP
Change of use from office to nursery with external play area, single storey front extension and external alterations and formation of community garden
Barratt Homes Sales Office Mulberry Square Renfrew
Received 10 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0367/TP
Crown reduction and side pruning of four sycamore trees, crown reduction of one lime tree and crown lifting of one chestnut tree
Kyemal Kilmacolm Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3PU
Received 10 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0366/PP
Erection of first floor extension to side of dwellinghouse and erection of detached double garage and outbuilding
19 Hamilton Crescent Bishopton PA7 5JT
Received 9 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0435/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
2 Carriagehill Avenue Paisley PA2 6LA
Received 10 Aug 2020 - Decided20/0434/PP
Erection of Dwelling House
Meadowbank New Street Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2LN
Received 10 Aug 2020 - Decided20/0347/PP
Erection of single storey extension and raised deck to rear of dwellinghouse
26 Piper Road Houston Johnstone PA6 7JW
Received 1 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0433/PP
Erection of single storey extension with ramped access to rear of flat
28 India Drive Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9LE
Received 10 Aug 2020 - Decided20/0690/PP
Part change of use of warehouse building for log drying and Installation of 3no. Biomass Boilers (in retrospect).
Park Farm Beith Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4BU
Received 5 Nov 2020 - Decided20/0689/TP
Removal of tree growth to provide three metre clearance around fenced compound and to create widened access
Site 150 Metres North West Of No 88 Ben Nevis Road Paisley
Received 5 Nov 2020 - Decided20/0688/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse with connecting front porch
8 Freeland Drive Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9QP
Received 4 Nov 2020 - Decided20/0687/PP
Change of use of Class 5 industrial unit to pet crematorium
142 Abercorn Street Paisley PA3 4DF
Received 4 Nov 2020 - Decided20/0686/PP
Erection of nine dwellinghouses and associated infrastructure.
Former Bridge Of Weir Ranfurly Bowling Club Moss Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 4 Nov 2020 - Decided20/0685/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse
3 Shillingworth Place Bridge Of Weir PA11 3DY
Received 4 Nov 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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