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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 dates14,024Searchable applications
147Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 12,784 approved or refused records
532Refused applications
12,252 approved · 532 refused · 485 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided20/0442/PP
Installation of telecommunications cabinet
1 County Place Paisley PA1 1BN
Received 11 Aug 2020 - Decided19/0590/PP
Sub division of garden ground and erection of detached dwellinghouse
Flat 1/1 24 Thornly Park Avenue Paisley PA2 7SD
Received 5 Sept 2019 - Decided19/0589/PP
Approval of matters specified in conditions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13 and 14 of planning permission in principle 18/0482/PP (erection of business park) for erection of Medicines Manufacturing Centre and associated works.
Netherton Farm Abbotsinch Road Renfrew PA4 9PA
Received 4 Sept 2019 - Decided19/0588/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
2 Greenhead Road Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9QY
Received 4 Sept 2019 - Decided19/0545/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
29 Shillingworth Place Bridge Of Weir PA11 3DY
Received 13 Aug 2019 - Decided19/0544/LB
Erection of extension to side of museum including internal and external alterations associated with the refurbishment of museum and observatory.
Paisley Museum And Art Galleries 68 High Street Paisley PA1 2BA
Received 13 Aug 2019 - Decided19/0543/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
14 Methuen Road Paisley PA3 4JX
Received 12 Aug 2019 - Decided19/0542/PP
Erection of porch to front of dwellinghouse
2 Burns Avenue Bishopton PA7 5BN
Received 12 Aug 2019 - Decided19/0412/PP
Erection of single storey extension and formation of dormer to rear of dwellinghouse.
8 Dalhousie Road Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2AT
Received 20 Jun 2019 - Decided19/0411/PP
Change of use from open space to garden ground (in retrospect)
202 Linburn Road Erskine PA8 6HB
Received 20 Jun 2019 - Decided19/0436/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
10 Forge Crescent Bishopton PA7 5FJ
Received 27 Jun 2019 - Decided19/0362/PP
Change of use from guest house (class 7) to dwellinghouse (class 9)
94 Renfrew Road Paisley PA3 4BJ
Received 29 May 2019 - Decided19/0505/PP
Erection of one and a half storey extension and enlargement of existing dormers to front and rear of dwellinghouse
10 Stanley Lane Brookfield Johnstone PA5 8UH
Received 24 Jul 2019 - Decided19/0627/PP
Installation of metal chimney serving wood-burning stove
Mansewood Lodge East End Lochwinnoch PA12 4EP
Received 20 Sept 2019 - Decided19/0338/PP
Alterations to shopfront
Unit A 61 High Street Paisley PA1 2AS
Received 20 May 2019 - Decided19/0321/PP
Erection of first floor extension to rear of dwellinghouse
88 Auchmannoch Avenue Paisley PA1 3AB
Received 13 May 2019 - Decided19/0337/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
125 Bathgo Avenue Paisley PA1 3DZ
Received 20 May 2019 - Decided19/0336/PP
Change of use from open space to garden ground (in retrospect)
14 Bleasdale Road Renfrew PA4 8ZJ
Received 20 May 2019 - Decided19/0335/PP
Erection of two storey dwellinghouse
Foremount House Easwald Bank Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2EZ
Received 17 May 2019 - Decided19/0334/PP
Erection of single storey extension and formation of window to rear of dwellinghouse
4 Low Road Paisley PA2 6AG
Received 17 May 2019 - Decided19/0333/PP
Formation of two dormers to rear of dwellinghouse
4 Jedburgh Drive Paisley PA2 9JQ
Received 17 May 2019 - Decided19/0332/PP
Erection of showrooms (non-food) with office to rear of garden centre
75 King's Inch Drive Renfrew Glasgow G51 4FB
Received 15 May 2019 - Decided19/0575/PP
Erection of single storey office building
Unit B 1 Cartside Avenue Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9RU
Received 28 Aug 2019 - Decided19/0448/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
2 Craigburn Place Houston Johnstone PA6 7NB
Received 1 Jul 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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