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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 dates15,220Searchable applications
142Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 13,920 approved or refused records
630Refused applications
13,290 approved · 630 refused · 534 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Conservation areas8 mapped area records
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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
- Decided16/0081/PP
Alterations to frontage and installation of replacement roller shutter.
Unit B 78 Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3PN
Received 9 Feb 2016 - Decided16/0080/PP
Erection of single storey extension and formation of patio to rear of dwellinghouse.
102 Roffey Park Road Paisley PA1 3ET
Received 9 Feb 2016 - Decided16/0079/PP
Alterations to frontage.
1 Espedair Street Paisley PA2 6NT
Received 9 Feb 2016 - Decided16/0078/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse.
18 Castle Gardens Paisley PA2 9RB
Received 9 Feb 2016 - Decided16/0073/AD
Display of two wall-mounted signs to feature internally illuminated lettering.
3 King's Inch Place Renfrew
Received 8 Feb 2016 - Decided16/0072/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
33 Anchor Wynd Paisley PA1 1HL
Received 8 Feb 2016 - Decided16/0093/PP
Erection of conservatory to rear of dwellinghouse.
22 Fulwood Avenue Linwood PA3 3HH
Received 12 Feb 2016 - Decided16/0092/PP
Erection of two storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
222 Millfield Hill Erskine PA8 6JL
Received 12 Feb 2016 - Decided16/0091/NO
Demolition of two primary schools, and erection of joint campus primary school and nursery.
Bargarran And St John Bosco Primary Schools Barrhill Road Erskine
Received 11 Feb 2016 - Decided16/0090/EO
Request for screening opinion as to the requirement for an Environmental Impact Assessment for the demolition of two primary schools, and erection of joint campus primary school and nursery.
Bargarran And St John Bosco Primary Schools Barrhill Road Erskine
Received 11 Feb 2016 - Decided17/0241/CL
Operation of MOT station within car repair garage.
5 Fulbar Road Paisley PA2 9AW
Received 24 Mar 2017 - Decided17/0246/DD
Demolition of buildings
Site On Northern Boundary Of Nos 2 To 6 Sandholes Street Paisley
Received 24 Mar 2017 - Decided17/0106/PP
Change of use of land to private garden ground, erection of garage and polytunnel and installation of drainage.
Warlock Gates Bridesmill Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4HR
Received 13 Feb 2017 - Decided16/0916/AD
Display of two externally illuminated fascia signs and one internally illuminated totem sign.
Land At Phoenix Park Linwood Road Paisley
Received 30 Dec 2016 - Decided17/0128/PP
Erection of single storey side and rear extensions and conversion of garage to living accommodation.
16 Broomlands Way Erskine PA8 7BJ
Received 20 Feb 2017 - Decided16/0663/PP
Conversion of integral garage to form habitable room and external alterations to dwellinghouse
2 Whimbrel Way Renfrew PA4 8SJ
Received 19 Sept 2016 - Decided16/0297/TP
Removal of one Oak tree.
7 The Beeches Brookfield Johnstone PA5 8UZ
Received 20 Apr 2016 - Decided16/0296/AD
Display of three non illuminated fascia signs and two non illuminated free standing signs.
83 Linwood Road Paisley PA3 3BB
Received 20 Apr 2016 - Decided16/0101/TP
Felling of one Rowan tree
52 Sycamore Avenue Johnstone PA5 0BJ
Received 16 Feb 2016 - Decided16/0577/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse.
33 Langside Park Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2EP
Received 16 Aug 2016 - Decided16/0579/PP
Erection of mast with associated camera and siting of equipment box (in retrospect).
Car Park A Canal Street Renfrew
Received 16 Aug 2016 - Decided16/0578/AD
Display of eleven non-illuminated signs comprising ten pole-mounted signs and one sign mounted to railing (in part retrospect).
Car Park A Canal Street Renfrew
Received 16 Aug 2016 - Decided16/0441/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse and formation of raised patio area to rear.
4 Mayfield Drive Howwood Johnstone PA9 1BJ
Received 15 Jun 2016 - Decided16/0222/PP
Erection of stable block
12 Brownsfield Holdings Barnsford Road Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9LZ
Received 31 Mar 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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