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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 dates15,958Searchable applications
143Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 14,598 approved or refused records
680Refused applications
13,918 approved · 680 refused · 574 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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More application records
- Decided15/0667/DS
Discharge of planning obligation (relating to planning application 93/0644/PP)
26 Bridge Street Linwood Paisley
Received 10 Sept 2015 - Decided15/0668/CL
Formation of window on side elevation of dwellinghouse and formation of patio doors on rear elevation.
48 Bridge Of Weir Road Linwood Paisley PA3 3HA
Received 10 Sept 2015 - Decided15/0644/PP
Erection of single storey modular building and siting of two external chiller units and generator (in retrospect).
N Block University Of The West Of Scotland High Street Paisley PA1 2BE
Received 1 Sept 2015 - Decided15/0946/TP
Felling of one tree and reduction in height of one tree.
Thornly Park House Thornly Park Avenue Paisley
Received 16 Dec 2015 - Decided15/0750/PP
Erection of residential development comprising 42 dwellinghouses and associated access, parking, landscaping and infrastructure.
Former Stewart House Residential Home Glendee Road Renfrew
Received 7 Oct 2015 - Decided14/0919/PP
Erection of single storey extension to front and side of dwellinghouse.
78 Hazelwood Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3DT
Received 17 Dec 2014 - Decided14/0918/PP
Erection of single storey extension to front of dwellinghouse.
25 Potterhill Avenue Paisley PA2 8BA
Received 17 Dec 2014 - Decided15/0774/PP
Erection of two storey dwellinghouse and detached garage, and Stopping-Up of access path.
Site Between Nos 23 And 24 Crookhill Gardens Lochwinnoch
Received 13 Oct 2015 - Decided15/0334/PP
Change of use from residential children's home (Class 8) to a residential dwelling (Class 9).
Chapel House Home Ardgowan Street Paisley PA2 6SX
Received 30 Apr 2015 - Decided15/0800/PP
Change of use from offices (Class 4) to flat.
Unit B 5 George Street Paisley PA1 2JB
Received 23 Oct 2015 - Decided15/0799/TP
Removal of two trees.
Inchinnan Primary School Old Greenock Road Inchinnan
Received 23 Oct 2015 - Decided15/0899/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse and erection of dormer to rear.
Hillcrest Sachelcourt Avenue Bishopton PA7 5AA
Received 27 Nov 2015 - Decided15/0744/PP
Alteration to front elevation and roof associated with conversion of garage to side of school.
Garnock Lodge Boydstone Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4JT
Received 6 Oct 2015 - Decided15/0743/PP
Formation of right hand turning lane on Caplethill Road leading to Glenfield Road (Renewal of Planning Consent 12/0551/PP)
Land At Junction With Caplethill Road Glenfield Road Paisley
Received 6 Oct 2015 - Decided15/0264/PP
Alterations to frontage including installation of roller shutters
46 Causeyside Street Paisley PA1 1YH
Received 9 Apr 2015 - Decided15/0901/PP
Erection of single storey extension to the side and rear of dwellinghouse.
59 Crawford Road Houston Johnstone PA6 7DA
Received 27 Nov 2015 - Decided15/0900/TP
Felling of five trees, cable bracing of two trees and pruning works to fifteen trees to include selected removal of branches, severing of ivy and removal of epicormic growth.
1 Manor Park Avenue Paisley PA2 9BF
Received 27 Nov 2015 - Decided15/0741/LB
Alterations to frontage
Unit B 25 Causeyside Street Paisley PA1 1UL
Received 6 Oct 2015 - Decided15/0742/AD
Display of five non-illuminated fascia signs.
Unit B 25 Causeyside Street Paisley PA1 1UL
Received 6 Oct 2015 - Decided15/0152/PP
Change of use from bookmakers (Class 2) to hot food takeaway (sui generis) and erection of flue to rear.
21 Broomlands Street Paisley
Received 4 Mar 2015 - Decided14/0894/PP
Erection of single storey and two storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
19 Gleniffer Road Renfrew PA4 0RD
Received 3 Dec 2014 - Decided14/0893/PP
Change of use of Beauty Salon to form extension to dwellinghouse, external alterations and erection of single storey extension to rear.
14A High Barholm Kilbarchan Johnstone
Received 3 Dec 2014 - Decided15/0408/PP
Erection of one and a half storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse, erection of decking and formation of two dormers to rear and external alterations.
3 Kingslea Road Houston Johnstone PA6 7ER
Received 1 Jun 2015 - Decided15/0407/PP
Change of use from amenity ground to private garden ground and erection of fence.
Site On Northern Boundary Of No 34 Camps Crescent Renfrew
Received 1 Jun 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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