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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 dates15,534Searchable applications
143Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 14,212 approved or refused records
653Refused applications
13,559 approved · 653 refused · 547 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Oct 2005 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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
- Decided17/0053/PP
Erection of single storey garage extension to side of dwellinghouse
51 Lanfine Road Paisley PA1 3NJ
Received 25 Jan 2017 - Decided17/0052/PP
Change of Use from Public House (sui generis) to Restaurant (Class 3) with ancillary hot food takeaway.
Cross Keys 101 Paisley Road Renfrew PA4 8LH
Received 25 Jan 2017 - Decided16/0307/PP
Erection of conservatory to rear of dwellinghouse.
104 Banchory Avenue Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9QE
Received 25 Apr 2016 - Decided16/0305/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
12 Darluith Park Brookfield Johnstone PA5 8DD
Received 25 Apr 2016 - Decided16/0700/AD
Display of five non-illuminated banner advertisements under covered walkway.
Main Terminal Building Caledonia Way Glasgow Airport Paisley
Received 6 Oct 2016 - Decided16/0698/PP
Replacement of windows to front and rear of flat.
Flat 1/2 28 Church Street Lochwinnoch PA12 4AD
Received 6 Oct 2016 - Decided16/0456/AD
Display of two externally illuminated fascia signs, one externally illuminated projecting sign, one externally illuminated amenity board, one non illuminated oval sign, one non illuminated menu board and four etched vinyls.
Unit A 4 Calside Paisley PA2 6DA
Received 22 Jun 2016 - Decided16/0453/PP
Erection of single storey extension to front of dwellinghouse.
20 Wallace Avenue Bishopton PA7 5ER
Received 21 Jun 2016 - Decided16/0619/TP
Felling of one Sycamore tree
Sites On Western Boundary Of No 15 Woodside Houston Johnstone
Received 2 Sept 2016 - Decided16/0618/TP
Removal of two trees, crown lifting of six trees and removal of deadwood from one tree.
Site 20 Metres South Of Nos 1 To 11 Golf Drive Paisley
Received 2 Sept 2016 - Decided16/0231/PP
Formation of dormer to side of dwellinghouse.
4 Rosemount Lane Bridge Of Weir PA11 3JE
Received 4 Apr 2016 - Decided16/0230/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse
14 Bathgo Avenue Paisley PA1 3EA
Received 4 Apr 2016 - Decided16/0237/DD
Demolition of building
School House St Charles Primary School Rowan Street Paisley PA2 6RU
Received 4 Apr 2016 - Decided16/0236/DD
Demolition of building
School House Arkleston Primary School Cockels Loan Renfrew PA4 0EL
Received 4 Apr 2016 - Decided16/0235/PP
Installation of telecommuications cabinet.
Outside Clydesdale Bank Main Street Bridge Of Weir
Received 4 Apr 2016 - Decided16/0234/PP
Change of use from printers workshop to martial arts studio (Class 11)
Unit B 13 Old Sneddon Street Paisley PA3 2AG
Received 4 Apr 2016 - Decided16/0233/PP
Erection of 1.5 storey dwelling house.
30 Main Street Houston Johnstone PA6 7EL
Received 4 Apr 2016 - Decided16/0084/DS
Discharge of section 75 agreement attached to planning permission 03/1056/PP (requiring re-location of football park.)
Former Western Park Football Ground Inchinnan Road Renfrew
Received 9 Feb 2016 - Decided15/0973/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
205 Turnhill Drive Erskine PA8 7EY
Received 31 Dec 2015 - Decided15/0972/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
23 Patrickbank Wynd Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9US
Received 24 Dec 2015 - Decided16/0261/AD
Display of externally illuminated fascia sign and non-illuminated projecting sign
Unit A 62 Causeyside Street Paisley PA1 1YW
Received 13 Apr 2016 - Decided16/0529/NO
Erection of residential development
Site On Northern Boundary Of Beech Burn Johnshill Lochwinnoch
Received 20 Jul 2016 - Decided16/0455/PP
Change of use from amenity ground to private garden ground and erection of fence.
1 Neuk Crescent Houston Johnstone PA6 7DW
Received 21 Jun 2016 - Decided16/0454/PP
Relocation of one antenna, removal of one dish, installation of 3 antennas, 4 Commscope BOB's and 3 remote radio heads on roof of building
Gilmour House 26 Gilmour Street Paisley PA1 1EQ
Received 21 Jun 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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