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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 dates14,950Searchable applications
142Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 13,669 approved or refused records
615Refused applications
13,054 approved · 615 refused · 519 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Oct 2005 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided16/0447/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
7 Poplar Avenue Bishopton PA7 5AD
Received 17 Jun 2016 - Decided16/0208/PP
Erection of single storey extension to front of dwellinghouse.
30 Hazelwood Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3DT
Received 23 Mar 2016 - Decided16/0207/PP
Erection of detached double garage
Throsk 27 Kilbarchan Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3EZ
Received 23 Mar 2016 - Decided16/0206/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse.
56 Sandholes Road Brookfield Johnstone PA5 8UU
Received 23 Mar 2016 - Decided17/0162/PP
Demolition of flatted development and erection of residential development comprising 14 dwellinghouses with associated access, landscaping and parking.
Former Nos 10 To 26 Cedar Avenue Johnstone
Received 3 Mar 2017 - Decided17/0161/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
10 Mar Hall Avenue Bishopton PA7 5QE
Received 3 Mar 2017 - Decided17/0160/PP
Installation of four replacement windows to front and rear of flat
Flat 1/1 72 High Street Lochwinnoch PA12 4AA
Received 3 Mar 2017 - Decided17/0159/PP
Erection of two storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
71 Flures Drive Erskine PA8 7DQ
Received 3 Mar 2017 - Decided16/0243/PP
Alteration to frontage.
Unit B 63 Hairst Street Renfrew PA4 8QU
Received 6 Apr 2016 - Decided16/0242/PP
Part change of use of shop (Class 1) to hot food take-away.
12A Ness Avenue Johnstone PA5 0PG
Received 6 Apr 2016 - Decided16/0506/PP
Replacement of one window on front elevation and twelve windows and one door on rear elevation and painting of central section of rear elevation.
29 Mansionhouse Road Paisley PA1 3RG
Received 12 Jul 2016 - Decided16/0503/PP
Erection of single storey extension to cafe.
Caulders Garden Centre Erskine Hospital Bishopton PA7 5AL
Received 11 Jul 2016 - Decided16/0134/LB
Erection of single storey extension to rear, single storey outbuilding to south west, boundary fence and walls to south and west, installation of extract fan and flue outlets to the rear, amendment to second floor balcony detail and formation of access st
Public House Howwood Inn Main Street Howwood Johnstone PA9 1BQ
Received 2 Mar 2016 - Decided16/0133/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
52 Crags Road Paisley PA2 6QT
Received 2 Mar 2016 - Decided16/0665/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse
57 Haining Road Renfrew PA4 0AJ
Received 19 Sept 2016 - Decided16/0350/PP
Demolition of two primary schools and erection of joint campus primary school and nursery.
Bargarran Primary School And St John Bosco Primary School Barrhill Road Erskine
Received 6 May 2016 - Decided16/0450/PP
Erection of dwellinghouse
8 Low Road Paisley PA2 6AG
Received 17 Jun 2016 - Decided16/0899/PP
Installation of photovoltaic array including ancillary infrastructure
Sewage Works Old Mains Farm Greenock Road Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9PB
Received 21 Dec 2016 - Decided16/0466/CL
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
4 Esk Avenue Renfrew PA4 0UL
Received 27 Jun 2016 - Decided16/0465/PP
Substitution of house types at plots 1, 9, 12 and 17 (Amendment to application ref no: 15/0049/PP).
Site 120 Metres North East Of Houstonfield Fleming Road Houston Johnstone
Received 24 Jun 2016 - Decided16/0417/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
24B Glenvilla Circle Paisley PA2 8TS
Received 3 Jun 2016 - Decided16/0405/PP
Alterations to dwellinghouse to include roof repair, gutter replacement, render repair, repainting and the installation of three replacement windows to the rear.
10 Low Barholm Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2ET
Received 1 Jun 2016 - Decided16/0404/AD
Display of five internally illuminated wall-mounted signs, one internally illuminated arch sign, one internally illuminated free-standing sign, three non-illuminated free-standing signs and three pole-mounted flag signs.
9 Saturn Avenue Paisley PA1 2AB
Received 1 Jun 2016 - Decided16/0027/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
2 Leven Place Erskine PA8 6AS
Received 21 Jan 2016
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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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