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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 dates15,762Searchable applications
143Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 14,417 approved or refused records
668Refused applications
13,749 approved · 668 refused · 561 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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- Decided15/0399/AD
Display of high level mast-mounted digital display screen
454 Hillington Road Hillington Park Glasgow G52 4XY
Received 27 May 2015 - Decided15/0915/AD
Display of externally illuminated fascia sign comprising individually formed letters.
Reception St James Business Centre 75 Linwood Road Paisley PA3 3AT
Received 1 Dec 2015 - Decided15/0894/PP
Erection of car and van hire unit with associated access, parking, hardstanding and boundary fence.
23 McFarlane Street Paisley PA3 1RY
Received 25 Nov 2015 - Decided14/0849/PP
Erection of single storey extension and raised decking to rear of dwellinghouse.
5 Freeland Drive Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9QP
Received 13 Nov 2014 - Decided15/0541/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
6 South Avenue Renfrew PA4 0SY
Received 16 Jul 2015 - Decided15/0540/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
5 Netherburn Gardens Houston Johnstone PA6 7NG
Received 16 Jul 2015 - Decided15/0539/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
39 Mains Wood Erskine PA8 7JG
Received 15 Jul 2015 - Decided15/0538/PP
Formation of one dormer window to side and one dormer window to rear of dwellinghouse.
20 Thornly Park Road Paisley PA2 7RS
Received 15 Jul 2015 - Decided15/0504/CL
Certificate of lawfullness for erection of industrial unit (Class 5) with associated access, car parking and landscaping.
Yard A Mossland Road Hillington Park Glasgow
Received 1 Jul 2015 - Decided15/0503/PP
Replacement of telecommunications mast and installation of one telecommunications cabinet.
Land To South Of Bridge Over Greenock To Glasgow Railway Line Arkleston Road Paisley
Received 1 Jul 2015 - Decided15/0342/CL
Certificate of Lawfulness for change of use and conversion of former hospital to hotel, spa and leisure facilities and associated alterations; formation of golf course with associated landscaping and improvement works including construction of new access;
Mar Hall Mar Hall Drive Bishopton PA7 5NW
Received 5 May 2015 - Decided15/0341/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
38 Lanfine Road Paisley PA1 3NL
Received 4 May 2015 - Decided15/0340/TP
Removal of one oak tree.
Site 20 Metres East Of No 52 Glenarklet Drive Paisley
Received 4 May 2015 - Decided15/0339/PP
Temporary siting of weighbridge and portable office building
6 Newmains Avenue Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9RR
Received 4 May 2015 - Decided15/0338/AD
Display of two externally illuminated fascia signs, one internally illuminated projecting box sign, three non illuninated window signs and one wall mounted sign.
Unit A 24 Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3QH
Received 1 May 2015 - Decided15/0337/PP
Formation of French doors to the rear of flat.
18 Marjory Drive Paisley PA3 4TB
Received 1 May 2015 - Decided15/0607/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
The Red House Montrose Terrace Bridge Of Weir PA11 3DH
Received 17 Aug 2015 - Decided15/0605/PP
Erection of free standing canopy to front of crematorium.
Woodside Crematorium 46 Broomlands Street Paisley PA1 2NP
Received 14 Aug 2015 - Decided15/0604/PP
Erection of single storey extension, raised deck and fence to rear of dwellinghouse.
68 Gartmore Road Paisley PA1 3NQ
Received 14 Aug 2015 - Decided15/0606/PP
Installation of external plant equipment (condensers) to rear of retail warehouse (in retrospect)
Unit D2 Braehead Retail Park 152 King's Inch Drive Renfrew
Received 14 Aug 2015 - Decided14/0921/DS
Discharge of S75 Legal Agreement relating to planning application 05/1096/PP
Land At Glasgow Road And Old Govan Road Rocep Drive Renfrew
Received 17 Dec 2014 - Decided14/0920/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
3 Poplar Avenue Bishopton PA7 5AD
Received 17 Dec 2014 - Decided15/0773/PP
Erection of walls under canopy roof to form infill extension to garden centre building, alteration to canopy roof and erection of fencing.
75 King's Inch Drive Renfrew Glasgow G51 4FB
Received 13 Oct 2015 - Decided15/0769/PP
Erection of temporary sales cabin, formation of vehicular access and car parking area and erection of 1.8 metre boundary fencing
Site On Western Edge Of Highway Hillman Road Paisley
Received 13 Oct 2015
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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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