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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 dates15,636Searchable applications
143Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 14,309 approved or refused records
661Refused applications
13,648 approved · 661 refused · 551 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- Decided16/0591/TP
Felling of three trees.
3 Balgonie Woods Paisley PA2 6HW
Received 22 Aug 2016 - Decided16/0590/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
20 Whitehaugh Avenue Paisley PA1 3SS
Received 22 Aug 2016 - Decided16/0589/CL
Erection of conservatory to rear of dwellinghouse
Hillview 73 Balmoral Drive Bishopton PA7 5HR
Received 22 Aug 2016 - Decided16/0229/TP
Fell one Sycamore, remove one Sycamore and two Cherry trees and crown lift two Beech trees.
31 Pine Crescent Johnstone
Received 4 Apr 2016 - Decided16/0119/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
410 Ritchie Park Johnstone PA5 8JW
Received 24 Feb 2016 - Decided17/0050/AD
Display of internally illuminated ATM surround (in retrospect)
57 High Street Paisley PA1 2AN
Received 24 Jan 2017 - Decided16/0752/PP
Erection of first floor extension to side of dwellinghouse.
12 Crosslee Crescent Houston Johnstone PA6 7DT
Received 28 Oct 2016 - Decided16/0751/PP
Erection of one and a half storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
22 Pearson Drive Renfrew PA4 0AZ
Received 28 Oct 2016 - Decided16/0749/PP
Installation of ATM (in retrospect).
Unit A 24 Lonend Paisley PA1 1SU
Received 27 Oct 2016 - Decided16/0691/PP
Approval of matters specified in Condition 7 of planning permission 06/0602/PP for a Design Code relating to the north west housing neighbourhoods.
Royal Ordnance Station Road Bishopton PA7 5NJ
Received 3 Oct 2016 - Decided16/0690/PP
Erection of raised decking to rear of dwellinghouse.
Oakview 4 Braehead Lochwinnoch PA12 4AS
Received 30 Sept 2016 - Decided16/0689/NA
Variation of condition 2 of permission ref. N/99/00036/PP to enable operations to continue for a further 10 years
Site To North Of Knowles Farm Beith
Received 29 Sept 2016 - Decided16/0045/PP
Alterations to frontage, change of use from shop (Class 1) to hot food takeaway and erection of flue to rear of building
Unit C 53 High Street Paisley PA1 2AN
Received 27 Jan 2016 - Decided16/0044/PP
Alterations to frontage
Unit B 53 High Street Paisley PA1 2AN
Received 27 Jan 2016 - Decided16/0043/AD
Display of two internally illuminated fascia signs, three internally illuminated logo signs and two non-illuminated vinyls.
108 Renfrew Road Paisley PA3 4DU
Received 27 Jan 2016 - Decided16/0042/PP
Erection of single storey extension to east and alterations to external elevations.
108 Renfrew Road Paisley PA3 4DU
Received 27 Jan 2016 - Decided16/0040/PP
Erection of dwellinghouse (in principle).
Site 10 Metres West Of Hole Farm Kilbirnie Road Lochwinnoch
Received 26 Jan 2016 - Decided16/0037/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
17 Crosslee Crescent Houston Johnstone PA6 7DT
Received 25 Jan 2016 - Decided16/0696/PP
Erection of porch to front of dwellinghouse.
32 Hillpark Avenue Paisley PA2 6QJ
Received 5 Oct 2016 - Decided16/0666/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
25 Stanley Drive Brookfield Johnstone PA5 8UG
Received 19 Sept 2016 - Decided16/0487/PP
Demolition of dwellinghouse and erection of two dwellinghouses with associated garages.
Hermiston Golf Course Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3HN
Received 1 Jul 2016 - Decided16/0486/LB
Demolition of dwellinghouse and associated garage.
Hermiston Golf Course Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3HN
Received 1 Jul 2016 - Decided16/0480/AD
Display of one externally illuminated fascia sign and one non-illuminated projecting sign.
16 High Street Paisley PA1 2BS
Received 30 Jun 2016 - Decided16/0479/AD
Display of one internally illuminated fascia sign and one internally illuminated projecting sign.
34 High Street Johnstone PA5 8AH
Received 30 Jun 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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