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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 dates14,178Searchable applications
147Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 12,928 approved or refused records
541Refused applications
12,387 approved · 541 refused · 491 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Conservation areas8 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasBoundary dataset not connected
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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
- Decided17/0080/AD
Display of one internally illuminated ATM surround (in retrospect).
20 Bridge Street Linwood Paisley PA3 3DG
Received 31 Jan 2017 - Decided17/0078/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
Nithsdale Prieston Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3AN
Received 31 Jan 2017 - Decided16/0586/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
21 Low Barholm Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2ES
Received 19 Aug 2016 - Decided16/0585/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
12 Riverside Houston Johnstone PA6 7DL
Received 19 Aug 2016 - Decided16/0584/PP
Erection of conservatory to rear of dwellinghouse
9 Thornly Park Avenue Paisley PA2 7SD
Received 19 Aug 2016 - Decided16/0583/AD
Display of non-illuminated hoardings and one directional sign
Site Between Porterfield Road And Robertson Drive Brown Street Renfrew
Received 19 Aug 2016 - Decided16/0048/LB
Alterations to external lighting
Russell Institute 30 Causeyside Street Paisley PA1 1UR
Received 29 Jan 2016 - Decided17/0098/DD
Demolition of primary school and associated outbuildings
Main Building St Fergus RC Primary School Blackstoun Road Paisley PA3 1NB
Received 8 Feb 2017 - Decided17/0433/PP
Erection of single storey extensions to rear and side of dwellinghouse.
113 Nethergreen Wynd Renfrew PA4 8HT
Received 9 Jun 2017 - Decided17/0295/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
69 Greenock Road Bishopton PA7 5JD
Received 13 Apr 2017 - Decided17/0424/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
20 Selkirk Avenue Paisley PA2 9JF
Received 7 Jun 2017 - Decided17/0298/PP
Erection of dwellinghouse (in principle).
Site 10 Metres South West Of No 2 Gryffe Avenue Bridge Of Weir
Received 17 Apr 2017 - Decided17/0023/PP
External alterations to dwellinghouse to accommodate conversion of integral garage to habitable room.
135 Strathcarron Drive Paisley PA2 7AY
Received 18 Jan 2017 - Decided17/0022/AD
Display of five non-illuminated wall mounted signs
Farmfoods 29 Causeyside Street Paisley PA1 1UL
Received 17 Jan 2017 - Decided16/0815/PP
Erection of two storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
58 Thorndene Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9DD
Received 22 Nov 2016 - Decided16/0497/PP
Formation of raised timber decking to rear of dwellinghouse
Avalon North Iverton Park Road Johnstone PA5 8HY
Received 7 Jul 2016 - Decided17/0077/LB
Installation of ATM with internally illuminated fascia panel and non-illuminated surround sign (in retrospect).
18 High Street Renfrew PA4 8QR
Received 31 Jan 2017 - Decided17/0076/AD
Display of internally illuminated ATM fascia panel and non-illuminated ATM surround (in retrospect).
18 High Street Renfrew PA4 8QR
Received 31 Jan 2017 - Decided17/0075/PP
Installation of ATM (in retrospect).
18 High Street Renfrew PA4 8QR
Received 31 Jan 2017 - Decided17/0074/AD
Display of one internally illuminated hoarding.
International Airport Caledonia Way Glasgow Airport Paisley PA3 2TD
Received 30 Jan 2017 - Decided17/0073/PP
Erection of single storey extension to front of building
Kilbarchan Scout Group Hall Barn Green Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2HG
Received 30 Jan 2017 - Decided17/0071/LB
Erection of outbuilding within front curtilage of dwellinghouse.
Mansewood Coach House East End Lochwinnoch PA12 4EP
Received 27 Jan 2017 - Decided17/0093/AD
Display of two internally illuminated totem signs, two externally illuminated fascia signs, two externally illuminated secondary signs, one externally illuminated directional sign and seven non-illuminated directional signs
500 Hillington Road Hillington Park Glasgow G52 4XA
Received 6 Feb 2017 - Decided16/0836/NO
Erection of residential development with associated infrastructure,landscaping and engineering works
Dismantled Railway Between Glenburn Road And Caplethill Road Paisley
Received 28 Nov 2016
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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