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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 dates16,163Searchable applications
143Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 14,794 approved or refused records
694Refused applications
14,100 approved · 694 refused · 581 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Decided15/0219/PP
Change of use from shop (Class 1) to coffee shop (Class 3) and alteration to frontage.
Unit A 44 Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3PW
Received 25 Mar 2015 - Decided14/0874/LB
Alteration and extension of disused stable block (including erection of gable chimneys) and conversion to dwellinghouse.
Barnbeth House Clevans Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3RS
Received 28 Nov 2014 - Decided16/0221/PP
Erection of outbuilding to rear of dwellinghouse
35 Manse Crescent Houston Johnstone PA6 7JN
Received 31 Mar 2016 - Decided16/0534/PP
Erection of porch to front of dwellinghouse.
1 Kilpatrick Drive Renfrew PA4 0QZ
Received 26 Jul 2016 - Decided16/0702/PP
Replacement of windows to front elevation and 2 no. rooflights on rear elevation
25 High Barholm Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2EG
Received 7 Oct 2016 - Decided16/0707/PP
Erection of single storey extension and canopy to rear, alterations to front, side and roof, and installation of raised terrace to rear of public house.
31 Main Street Bridge Of Weir PA11 3NR
Received 7 Oct 2016 - Decided16/0706/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
55 Thorndene Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9DB
Received 7 Oct 2016 - Decided16/0491/CL
Use of building as boarding cattery.
Lochermill Cattery Crosslee Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3RE
Received 4 Jul 2016 - Decided16/0611/AD
Display of four internally illuminated wall-mounted signs, one non-illuminated wall-mounted logo sign and seven internally illuminated free-standing signs.
3 Marchburn Drive Glasgow Airport Paisley PA3 2SJ
Received 29 Aug 2016 - Decided16/0610/PP
Erection of front and rear extensions to dwellinghouse, formation of pitched roof to create first floor level and external alterations
16 Main Road Paisley PA2 6AW
Received 29 Aug 2016 - Decided16/0609/PP
Removal of chimney, replacement of roof slates with roof tiles and installation of dormer window to rear of dwellinghouse.
11 Oxford Road Renfrew PA4 0SJ
Received 29 Aug 2016 - Decided16/0358/PP
Formation of dormer extensions to side and rear of dwellinghouse
12 Alton Road Paisley PA1 3NH
Received 13 May 2016 - Decided16/0623/PP
Demolition of dwellinghouse and detached garage and erection of dwellinghouse
54 Donaldfield Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3JF
Received 2 Sept 2016 - Decided16/0622/PP
Erection of residential development comprising 19 dwellinghouses and 28 flats with associated access, infrastructure and landscaping.
Land At Ferry Village King's Inch Road Renfrew
Received 2 Sept 2016 - Decided16/0478/PP
Alterations to shop front to form two units
Unit B 79 Causeyside Street Paisley PA1 1YU
Received 30 Jun 2016 - Decided15/0727/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse and erection of outbuilding to rear
23 Middlepenny Road Langbank Port Glasgow PA14 6XB
Received 2 Oct 2015 - Decided15/0708/EO
Screening Opinion as to whether the proposed solar farm would require an Environmental Impact Assessment
West Mitchelton Bridesmill Road Lochwinnoch
Received 22 Sept 2015 - Decided15/0707/EO
Screening Opinion as to whether the proposed solar farm would require an Environmental Impact Assessment
Weels Farm Kaim Road Lochwinnoch
Received 22 Sept 2015 - Decided15/0704/PP
Approval of Matters Specified in Condition 51 (2, 4, 5, 7 and 8) of outline planning permission 06/0602/PP (Site H10 - Erection of residential development comprising 176 dwellinghouses with associated roads, footpaths and landscaping).
Royal Ordnance Site H10 Station Road Bishopton PA7 5NJ
Received 22 Sept 2015 - Decided16/0664/TP
Crown lifting of one sycamore tree.
29 Gates Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4HF
Received 19 Sept 2016 - Decided16/0473/PP
Addition of plant enclosure on roof.
Advanced Forming Research Centre 85 Inchinnan Drive Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9LJ
Received 28 Jun 2016 - Decided17/0166/CL
Erection of a conservatory
23 Leman Drive Houston Johnstone PA6 7LN
Received 6 Mar 2017 - Decided17/0165/PP
Change of use of public house to form Class 1 (retail) unit with ancillary hot food takeaway, formation of additional, separate hot food takeaway unit, external alterations, installation of ATM and erection of single storey extension to rear of building
7 Mossvale Lane Paisley PA3 2LT
Received 6 Mar 2017 - Decided16/0131/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side and single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse and erection of fence and gate.
8 Broomlands Way Erskine PA8 7BJ
Received 2 Mar 2016
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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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