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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 dates15,843Searchable applications
143Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 14,491 approved or refused records
670Refused applications
13,821 approved · 670 refused · 568 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- Decided15/0688/PP
Variation of condition 1 (to extend time period of the consent for a further three years); and deletion of condition 2 (relating to commencement of development) of permission 10/0914/PP - Development of a masterplan to include refurbishment of industrial
Land At Westway Distribution Park Porterfield Road Renfrew
Received 16 Sept 2015 - Decided15/0687/EO
Screening Opinion as to whether the proposed solar farm would require an Environmental Impact Assessment
Auchans Farm (Site A3) Auchans Road Houston Johnstone PA6 7EE
Received 16 Sept 2015 - Decided15/0686/EO
Screening Opinion as to whether the proposed solar farm would require an Environmental Impact Assessment
Auchans Farm (Site A2) Auchans Road Houston Johnstone PA6 7EE
Received 16 Sept 2015 - Decided15/0685/EO
Screening Opinion as to whether the proposed solar farm would require an Environmental Impact Assessment
Auchans Farm (Site A1) Auchans Road Houston Johnstone PA6 7EE
Received 16 Sept 2015 - Decided15/0666/PP
Erection of extensions to buildings and formation of car parking
5 Newmains Avenue Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9RR
Received 9 Sept 2015 - Decided15/0683/PP
Erection of single storey extension and decking to rear of dwellinghouse.
9 South Mound Houston Johnstone PA6 7DX
Received 15 Sept 2015 - Decided15/0643/PP
Erection of residential development and associated roads, infrastructure and landscaping.
Former St Cuthbert's School Hallhill Road Johnstone
Received 31 Aug 2015 - Decided15/0642/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
50 South Street Houston Johnstone PA6 7EZ
Received 28 Aug 2015 - Decided15/0010/AD
Display of one externally illuminated fascia sign.
Unit B 3 Well Street Paisley PA1 2SS
Received 8 Jan 2015 - Decided15/0948/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side and formation of hard standing to rear of dwellinghouse
14 Low Road Paisley PA2 6AG
Received 16 Dec 2015 - Decided15/0862/PP
Approval of matters specified in Condition 7 of the outline planning permission 06/0602/PP for: Condition 7 Phase One Design Code Addendum relating to the Village Centre.
Royal Ordnance Station Road Bishopton
Received 11 Nov 2015 - Decided15/0810/LB
Installation of replacement windows and installation of seven roof lights to the front and rear of dwelling and formation of window opening to side elevation
15 Church Street Lochwinnoch PA12 4AD
Received 27 Oct 2015 - Decided15/0941/PP
Alteration to planning permission 15/0293/PP to relocate and change access to plots 30 & 31, change in house type for plot 43, merging of plots 41 & 42, reorientation and merging of properties on plots 24, 25 & 26 to create two properties
Site On Eastern Boundary Of Howwood Park Midton Road Howwood Johnstone
Received 11 Dec 2015 - Decided15/0940/PP
Change of use from Bank (Class 2) to Restaurant (Class 3) with hot food takeaway, and erection of flue to rear.
59 Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3PD
Received 11 Dec 2015 - Decided15/0393/PP
Formation of access road
Site Linking Ravenshaugh With Waterlea Farm Access Road Fleming Road Houston Johnstone
Received 25 May 2015 - Decided15/0392/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse, external alterations including installation of patio doors, removal of external store, re-alignment of boundary wall and change of use from carpark to garden ground.
West Lodge Kirk Road Houston Johnstone PA6 7AS
Received 25 May 2015 - Decided16/0614/PP
Erection of dwellinghouse
53 Rossland Crescent Bishopton PA7 5JJ
Received 31 Aug 2016 - Decided16/0613/PP
Erection of single storey garage to side of dwellinghouse.
Sherbrooke Hazelwood Lane Bridge Of Weir PA11 3DS
Received 30 Aug 2016 - Decided15/0765/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
Wayside Main Road Langbank Port Glasgow PA14 6XP
Received 12 Oct 2015 - Decided15/0764/DD
Demolition of dwellinghouse.
16 Greenock Road Bishopton PA7 5JN
Received 9 Oct 2015 - Decided15/0763/HH
Application for a high hedge notice.
Woodend Houston Road Houston Johnstone PA6 7BA
Received 9 Oct 2015 - Decided15/0762/PP
Change of use from open space to garden ground.
Site On South Western Boundary Of No 15 Elliot Avenue Paisley
Received 9 Oct 2015 - Decided15/0761/PP
Removal of chimney and reinstatement works to roof.
4 County Place Paisley PA1 1BN
Received 9 Oct 2015 - Decided15/0760/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
21 Craigendon Oval Paisley PA2 8JT
Received 9 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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