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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 dates13,997Searchable applications
147Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 12,759 approved or refused records
532Refused applications
12,227 approved · 532 refused · 484 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided19/0673/AD
Display of seven non-illuminated window vinyls and four internally illuminated signs
International Airport Caledonia Way Glasgow Airport Paisley PA3 2TD
Received 8 Oct 2019 - Decided19/0410/PP
Change of use of Agricultural barn to Farmshop and caf� - Class 1 (retail) and Class 3 (Caf�/restaurant)
Unit A Barnhill Farm Houston Road Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9LU
Received 20 Jun 2019 - Decided19/0491/AD
Display of 18 internally illuminated and non illuminated fascia signs
Unit 2 Renfrew Road Retail Park Wallneuk Road Paisley PA3 4BF
Received 17 Jul 2019 - Decided19/0855/PP
Erection of outbuilding within rear curtilage of dwellinghouse (in retrospect)
58 Crawford Road Houston Johnstone PA6 7DA
Received 18 Dec 2019 - Decided19/0854/PP
Change of use from a police station and offices to day centre (class 10) including external alterations.
Johnstone Police Station Quarry Street Johnstone PA5 8DY
Received 18 Dec 2019 - Decided19/0853/PP
Erection of shed
9 Easwald Bank Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2AP
Received 18 Dec 2019 - Decided19/0852/PP
Erection of single storey extension and decking to rear of dwellinghouse
9 King's Crescent Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9AD
Received 18 Dec 2019 - Decided20/0044/CL
Alterations to basement accommodation creating an access
27 Hunterhill Road Paisley PA2 6SR
Received 3 Feb 2020 - Decided19/0669/PP
Alteration to shopfront
Unit B 11 Moss Street Paisley PA1 1BE
Received 7 Oct 2019 - Decided19/0470/PP
Erection of first floor extension above garage to side of dwellinghouse
10 St Annes Avenue Erskine PA8 7DR
Received 8 Jul 2019 - Decided19/0469/PP
Erection of thirteen industrial units with associated boundary fencing, access, parking and landscaping
Land To South East Of Benston Service Station Beith Road Johnstone
Received 8 Jul 2019 - Decided19/0452/PP
Erection of glazed link corridor to front of Activity Centre including installation of weatherboarded screen and door infill at arch opening.
Hospital Building And Grounds Erskine Hospital Bishopton PA7 5PU
Received 2 Jul 2019 - Decided19/0558/PA
Erection of building to house equipment and other associated works.
Neilston Grid Electricity Sub - Station Complex Gleniffer Road Paisley
Received 19 Aug 2019 - Decided19/0451/TC
Removal of two Cypress Trees
The Red House Montrose Terrace Bridge Of Weir PA11 3DH
Received 4 Jul 2019 - Decided19/0450/PP
Erection of single storey extension to dwellinghouse (amendment of planning consent 18/0643/PP)
22 Semple Place Linwood Paisley PA3 3RT
Received 1 Jul 2019 - Decided19/0449/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
6 Moredun Drive Paisley PA2 9LW
Received 1 Jul 2019 - Decided19/0758/NO
Erection of residential development
Reid Linwood Building 48 Napier Street Linwood Paisley
Received 5 Nov 2019 - Decided19/0761/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
66 Park Avenue Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9HD
Received 5 Nov 2019 - Decided19/0557/PP
Erection of extension to side of dwellinghouse
Mid Clevans Clevans Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3HP
Received 19 Aug 2019 - Decided19/0556/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse
Cultra Eldin Place Bridge Of Weir PA11 3ER
Received 19 Aug 2019 - Decided19/0555/CL
Conversion of garage to habitable accommodation
30 Redhurst Way Paisley PA2 8PY
Received 15 Aug 2019 - Decided19/0554/PP
Conversion of integral garage to form a habitable room with associated alterations to front elevation
12 Laymoor Drive Renfrew PA4 8ZU
Received 15 Aug 2019 - Decided19/0553/LB
Removal of gasholder lifts and shell, and associated gas infrastructure and infilling of the tank to existing ground level, together with associated removals and works
Former Gasholder Station At Junction With Underwood Road Well Street Paisley
Received 15 Aug 2019 - Decided19/0537/AD
Display of externally illuminated fascia sign.
3 Collier Street Johnstone PA5 8AR
Received 12 Aug 2019
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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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