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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 dates13,971Searchable applications
147Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 12,734 approved or refused records
530Refused applications
12,204 approved · 530 refused · 483 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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
- Decided19/0794/PP
Installation of five Biomass Boilers (in retrospect).
Unit A Weels Farm Kaim Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4LD
Received 20 Nov 2019 - Decided19/0793/CL
Partial re-cladding of warehouse roof
201 Ainslie Avenue Hillington Park Glasgow G52 4HE
Received 20 Nov 2019 - Decided20/0564/PP
Erection of single storey extension and raised platform to rear of dwellinghouse
34 Tylney Road Paisley PA1 3HB
Received 17 Sept 2020 - Decided20/0563/PP
Installation of data centre, plant and equipment compound
45 McKenzie Street Paisley PA3 1LQ
Received 16 Sept 2020 - Decided20/0562/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
17 Southview Crescent Bridge Of Weir PA11 3QH
Received 15 Sept 2020 - Decided20/0561/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
7 Findhorn Avenue Renfrew PA4 0UQ
Received 15 Sept 2020 - Decided20/0166/PP
Installation of underground pipes in association with Ground Source Heat Pump
Elderslie Care Home Fulbar Road Paisley PA2 9AP
Received 12 Mar 2020 - Decided20/0165/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse, extension to garage and erection of boundary fence
Inglewood Houston Road Langbank Port Glasgow PA14 6XT
Received 11 Mar 2020 - Decided20/0164/PP
Installation of ATM within glazed shop front in retrospect
Ground Floor 28 High Street Paisley PA1 2BZ
Received 11 Mar 2020 - Decided20/0163/AD
Display of internally illuminated ATM surround signage in retrospect
Ground Floor 28 High Street Paisley PA1 2BZ
Received 11 Mar 2020 - Decided20/0040/PP
Change of use from deli (Class 1) to hot food takeaway and installation of flue to rear of building
4 Inchinnan Road Renfrew
Received 30 Jan 2020 - Decided20/0325/PP
Erection of fence (retrospective in part).
128 Park Gate Erskine PA8 7HQ
Received 18 Jun 2020 - Decided19/0872/PP
Demolition of two storey rear extension and erection of 1 1/2 storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
Monkland Forehouse Road Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2PT
Received 20 Dec 2019 - Decided19/0871/PP
Approval of Matters Specified in Condition 10 of planning permission in principle 18/0482/PP (erection of business park) - Energy Statement
Netherton Farm Abbotsinch Road Renfrew PA4 9PA
Received 19 Dec 2019 - Decided19/0870/PP
Demolition of existing garage and conservatory and erection of single storey rear and side extension
6 Don Avenue Renfrew PA4 0UJ
Received 19 Dec 2019 - Decided19/0869/PP
Erection of single storey detached garage
Fountain View Station Road Howwood Johnstone PA9 1BQ
Received 19 Dec 2019 - Decided19/0868/TP
Crown lift one Beech tree
Site On Eastern Boundary Of No 6 Ash Place Johnstone
Received 19 Dec 2019 - Decided20/0394/PP
Conversion of integral garage to form habitable room with associated alterations to front elevation (in retrospect)
9 Dee Crescent Paisley PA2 0QT
Received 22 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0220/PP
Erection of rear extension and raised patio
19 Thornly Park Drive Paisley PA2 7RP
Received 21 Apr 2020 - Decided20/0393/PP
Erection of outbuilding
27 Roundhouse Circle Renfrew PA4 8FL
Received 21 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0292/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
6 Merchiston Drive Brookfield Johnstone PA5 8TT
Received 28 May 2020 - Decided20/0192/EB
Installation of a new 400kV overhead line between existing towers
Neilston Grid Electricity Sub - Station Complex Gleniffer Road Paisley
Received 31 Mar 2020 - Decided21/0123/TP
Felling of one sycamore tree and crown thinning, crown lifting and removal of deadwood from three trees comprising Norway maple, tulip tree and sycamore tree
26 Park Road Paisley PA2 6JS
Received 22 Feb 2021 - Decided20/0212/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
39 Locherburn Avenue Houston Johnstone PA6 7NQ
Received 15 Apr 2020
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Start with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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