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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 dates14,087Searchable applications
147Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 12,847 approved or refused records
537Refused applications
12,310 approved · 537 refused · 485 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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
- Decided19/0812/PP
Construction of a road with associated security gate, landscaping and boundary treatment.
Royal Ordnance Station Road Bishopton PA7 5NJ
Received 28 Nov 2019 - Decided19/0676/TP
Pruning of Laurel hedge and crown lifting of two Lime trees
19 Stanely Road Paisley PA2 6HG
Received 9 Oct 2019 - Decided19/0566/PP
Formation of long stay car parking with associated kiosk, access, landscaping and infrastructure.
100 Inchinnan Road Paisley PA3 2RE
Received 21 Aug 2019 - Decided19/0381/CL
Installation of bi-fold doors to rear of dwellinghouse
4 Cherrywood Road Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9EE
Received 6 Jun 2019 - Decided19/0277/PP
Erection of residential development comprising 68 dwellinghouses and 31 flats, with associated roads, parking, open space and landscaping.
Land To North East Of Junction With Ferguslie Millarston Drive Paisley
Received 29 Apr 2019 - Decided19/0276/PP
Formation of dormer to the rear of dwellinghouse
3 South Avenue Renfrew PA4 0TB
Received 29 Apr 2019 - Decided19/0617/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
Mogarth Amochrie Road Paisley PA2 0AH
Received 16 Sept 2019 - Decided19/0502/TP
Removal of two silver birch, pruning of two sycamore and reduction of conifers
19 Limeview Road Paisley PA2 8ND
Received 24 Jul 2019 - Decided19/0501/PP
Change of use of former Police Station to dwellinghouse and formation of car parking spaces
5 Dunlop Street Linwood Paisley PA3 3AL
Received 23 Jul 2019 - Decided20/0339/AD
Display of non-illuminated V stack advance sign
Site Between Methuen Road And No 95 Wright Street Renfrew
Received 25 Jun 2020 - Decided20/0230/TP
Felling of two lime trees
61 Ellon Way Paisley PA3 4BW
Received 1 May 2020 - Decided20/0226/EB
Erection of steel tower
Neilston Grid Electricity Sub - Station Complex Gleniffer Road Paisley
Received 27 Apr 2020 - Decided20/0225/PP
Erection of porch to front and single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
42 Methuen Road Paisley PA3 4JX
Received 27 Apr 2020 - Decided20/0224/PP
Erection of 1 & 1/2 Storey dwelling
Site On North Western Boundary Of No 20A Kilmacolm Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 27 Apr 2020 - Decided20/0223/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
4 Turnhill Avenue Erskine PA8 7DL
Received 24 Apr 2020 - Decided19/0621/PP
Change of use from amenity space to private garden ground and erection of two storey extension to side and porch to front of dwellinghouse
43 Huntly Terrace Paisley PA2 6TY
Received 16 Sept 2019 - Decided19/0620/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
16 Balmoral Crescent Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9PU
Received 16 Sept 2019 - Decided19/0517/PP
Erection of Childcare Centre with associated parking, servicing arrangements, playground and landscaping.
Lochfield Playing Fields Rowan Street Paisley
Received 2 Aug 2019 - Decided19/0360/TP
Felling of 2 dead trees
Sites 800 And 1600 Metres North West Of Erskine Home Farm Golf Road Bishopton
Received 29 May 2019 - Decided19/0358/PP
Change of use of industrial unit (Class 5) to gym facility (Class 11)
Unit 15 Abercorn Industrial Estate Abercorn Street Paisley PA3 4AY
Received 28 May 2019 - Decided19/0516/PP
Erection of dwellinghouse and formation of access (planning consent in principle)
Site On Western Boundary Of Marypark Marypark Road Langbank
Received 2 Aug 2019 - Decided19/0598/PP
Erection of raised decking (in retrospect) and installation of timber fence panels above side ballustrade
60 Caplaw Road Paisley PA2 8QS
Received 10 Sept 2019 - Decided19/0594/PP
Erection of timber shed to rear of dwellinghouse
17 Gateside Place Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2LY
Received 9 Sept 2019 - Decided19/0772/PP
Section 42 application to vary condition 5 of planning permission 18/0647/PP relating to the implementation of the remote footpath link.
Former Merchiston Hospital Bridge Of Weir Road Brookfield Johnstone
Received 13 Nov 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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