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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 dates14,176Searchable applications
147Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 12,926 approved or refused records
541Refused applications
12,385 approved · 541 refused · 491 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Oct 2005 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided17/0223/NO
Construction of a bridge, realignment of road and construction of cycleways.
Glasgow Airport Investment Area Abbotsinch Road Paisley
Received 17 Mar 2017 - Decided17/0220/EO
Request for screening opinion as to requirement for a Environmental Impact Assessment for residential development
Site 160 Metres South Of Woodfoot Houston Road Houston Johnstone
Received 20 Mar 2017 - Decided17/0173/TP
Removal of one Elm tree
Land Adjacent 76 Stanely Road Paisley PA2 6HQ
Received 8 Mar 2017 - Decided19/0534/PP
Change of use from Office to Hotel with Bar and Restaurant, erection of single storey extension to rear, installation of extraction flue and external alterations
St James House 25 St James Street Paisley PA3 2HQ
Received 8 Aug 2019 - Decided19/0529/PP
Change of Use from Class 1 (retail non-food) to partial Class 1 (members retail food store), Class 4 (processing) and Class 6 (storage and distribution) and external alterations
Unit 12 Blythswood Industrial Estate West Lodge Road Renfrew PA4 9EN
Received 7 Aug 2019 - Decided17/0468/PP
Erection of dwellinghouse
32A Hunterhill Road Paisley PA2 6ST
Received 23 Jun 2017 - Decided17/0467/PP
Change of use from cafe (Class 3) to education facility (Class 10).
The Wynd Centre 6 School Wynd Paisley PA1 2DB
Received 23 Jun 2017 - Decided17/0231/AD
Display of internally illuminated fascia sign and panel sign (in retrospect)
35 Greenhill Road Paisley PA3 1RN
Received 21 Mar 2017 - Decided17/0230/PP
Installation of ATM (in retrospect)
35 Greenhill Road Paisley PA3 1RN
Received 21 Mar 2017 - Decided17/0229/PP
Installation of broadband cabinet
Outside 1 Orchard Street Paisley
Received 21 Mar 2017 - Decided17/0432/PP
Formation of access ramps and raised patios with associated landscaping and addition of air condensing units.
Accord Hospice 7 Morton Avenue Paisley PA2 7BW
Received 9 Jun 2017 - Decided17/0431/AD
Display of one non-illuminated fascia sign, one internally illuminated projecting sign and one non-illuminated logo vinyl
20 High Barholm Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2EQ
Received 9 Jun 2017 - Decided17/0329/PP
Erection of single storey extension to the rear of dwellinghouse
4 Millburn Drive Renfrew PA4 8UH
Received 27 Apr 2017 - Decided17/0326/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side and single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
32 Ranfurly Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3EL
Received 26 Apr 2017 - Decided17/0327/PP
Alteration to front elevation of dwellinghouse to accommodate conversion of integral garage.
35 Morton Avenue Paisley PA2 7BW
Received 26 Apr 2017 - Decided20/0034/PP
Change of use from a shop (Class 1) to nail salon (Class 2)
Unit A 50 Kilnside Road Paisley PA1 1RL
Received 27 Jan 2020 - Decided20/0033/PP
Erection of single storey bay window extension to front of dwellinghouse
4 Victoria Road Brookfield Johnstone PA5 8TZ
Received 24 Jan 2020 - Decided19/0532/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
4 Mayfield Crescent Howwood Johnstone PA9 1BL
Received 8 Aug 2019 - Decided20/0035/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension
14 Afton Drive Renfrew PA4 0UN
Received 27 Jan 2020 - Decided19/0595/TP
Removal of three Ash trees and lowering of two Lime trees and one Sycamore tree
60 Oakshaw Street West Paisley PA1 2DE
Received 4 Sept 2019 - Decided17/0297/AD
Display of digital advertisement within window.
24 High Street Paisley PA1 2BS
Received 13 Apr 2017 - Decided17/0296/LB
Installation of internal digital display screen behind window.
24 High Street Paisley PA1 2BS
Received 13 Apr 2017 - Decided17/0208/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
271 Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3ER
Received 17 Mar 2017 - Decided17/0207/PP
Renewal of planning consent 14/0059/PP (Erection of single storey building comprising one retail unit (Class 1), one restaurant unit (Class 3) and two hot food takeaway units with associated car park)
Car Park South Of Black Cart Water Collier Street Johnstone
Received 17 Mar 2017
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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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