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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 dates15,709Searchable applications
143Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 14,372 approved or refused records
666Refused applications
13,706 approved · 666 refused · 556 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Decided15/0432/NO
Erection of residential development with associated access, infrastructure and landscaping
Former Merchiston Hospital Bridge Of Weir Road Brookfield Johnstone
Received 8 Jun 2015 - Decided15/0431/PP
Erection of single storey extensions to dwelling and conversion of outbuilding to ancillary accommodation.
8 Shields Holdings Lochwinnoch PA12 4HL
Received 8 Jun 2015 - Decided15/0430/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
6 Buchanan Avenue Bishopton PA7 5ET
Received 8 Jun 2015 - Decided15/0548/PP
Change of use from public house to restaurant (Class 3) with hot food take-away and alterations to frontage.
4 Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3QA
Received 21 Jul 2015 - Decided15/0121/NO
Erection of a residential development.
Site Between Sandholes Farm And No 33 Sandholes Road Brookfield Johnstone
Received 20 Feb 2015 - Decided16/0075/PP
Replacement of windows to rear of dwellinghouse (in part retrospect).
23 Shuttle Street Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2JN
Received 9 Feb 2016 - Decided15/0640/TP
Crown lift and reduce in height one Lime tree, and fell one Willow tree and six scrub Elder trees.
7 Elm Drive Johnstone PA5 9PJ
Received 27 Aug 2015 - Decided15/0639/PP
Erection of dwellinghouse.
Barnbeth House Clevans Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3RS
Received 27 Aug 2015 - Decided15/0638/CL
External alterations to dwellinghouse to form window openings to side and front.
164 Erskinefauld Road Linwood Paisley PA3 3QH
Received 27 Aug 2015 - Decided15/0331/PP
Erection of bonded warehouse building
5 Newmains Avenue Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9RR
Received 29 Apr 2015 - Decided15/0330/CL
Alteration and extension to outbuilding to rear of dwellinghouse and use as ancillary accommodation in conjunction with existing dwellinghouse (in retrospect).
The Knowe Prieston Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3AJ
Received 29 Apr 2015 - Decided15/0213/LB
Internal downtakings and erection of partition walls.
Russell Institute 30 Causeyside Street Paisley PA1 1UR
Received 24 Mar 2015 - Decided15/0212/PP
Erection of extension to side of retail unit and relocation of service entrance (renewal of planning approval 12/0243/PP to extend the timescale for development to commence)
69 Renfrew Road Paisley PA3 4BX
Received 24 Mar 2015 - Decided15/0211/PP
Change of use from 'Social Club' (Class 11) to storage and distribution (Class 6).
26 Macdowall Street Johnstone PA5 8QL
Received 23 Mar 2015 - Decided15/0209/TP
Felling of one Sycamore tree, crown lifting of one Sycamore tree, and removal of limb from one Sycamore tree.
22 Leeburn Avenue Houston Johnstone PA6 7DN
Received 20 Mar 2015 - Decided14/0900/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear and two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
2 Arnish Erskine PA8 7EL
Received 5 Dec 2014 - Decided14/0897/PP
Alteration to frontage.
1B Greenock Road Paisley PA3 2LB
Received 5 Dec 2014 - Decided15/0472/CL
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
7 Ladyacres Way Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9NQ
Received 22 Jun 2015 - Decided15/0471/PP
Erection of a dwellinghouse.
Site 30 Metres South East Of No 12A Main Road Paisley
Received 22 Jun 2015 - Decided15/0611/PP
Erection of first floor extension to side of dwellinghouse
14 Kingston Grove Bishopton PA7 5DE
Received 19 Aug 2015 - Decided15/0612/PP
Erection of single storey extension and decking to rear of dwellinghouse.
51 Auchmannoch Avenue Paisley PA1 3AG
Received 19 Aug 2015 - Decided15/0610/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
382 Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3BG
Received 19 Aug 2015 - Decided15/0934/PP
Formation of dormer to front and erection of first floor extension and balcony to rear of dwellinghouse.
28 Avondale Drive Paisley PA1 3TN
Received 8 Dec 2015 - Decided15/0945/AD
Display of two internally illuminated fascia signs and one internally illuminated totem sign
23 McFarlane Street Paisley PA3 1RY
Received 15 Dec 2015
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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