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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 dates16,103Searchable applications
143Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 14,735 approved or refused records
691Refused applications
14,044 approved · 691 refused · 580 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided15/0839/PP
External alterations to front and rear of retail unit.
Unit B Braehead Retail Park 166 King's Inch Drive Renfrew Glasgow G51 4BT
Received 4 Nov 2015 - Decided15/0837/PP
Alteration to frontage.
232 Paisley Road Renfrew PA4 8AA
Received 4 Nov 2015 - Decided15/0836/PP
Alteration to frontage
17 Lawn Street Paisley PA1 1HD
Received 4 Nov 2015 - Decided15/0835/PP
Alteration to frontage
9 Lawn Street Paisley PA1 1HA
Received 4 Nov 2015 - Decided15/0937/PP
Erection of single storey extension and formation of pitched roof over single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
142 Sandy Road Renfrew PA4 0BX
Received 10 Dec 2015 - Decided15/0936/PP
Installation of weighbridge
Farm House Weels Farm Kaim Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4LD
Received 10 Dec 2015 - Decided15/0581/EO
Request for screening opinion as to the requirement for an Environmental Impact Assessment for a residential development.
Site Between Dunvegan Avenue And Gleniffer House Glenpatrick Road Elderslie Johnstone
Received 5 Aug 2015 - Decided14/0813/PP
External alterations to industrial building including part demolition and reinstatement of hard standing.
53 Clark Street Paisley
Received 28 Oct 2014 - Decided14/0812/PP
Amendment to planning permission 13/0625/PP for Redevelopment of town centre including erection of Class 1 superstore, Class 1,2,3, shop units and hot food take-away, community centre, library, offices (Class 4), ancillary car parking and access - Variati
Land At Hart Street And Kashmir Avenue And Bridge Street Linwood Paisley
Received 28 Oct 2014 - Decided14/0811/AD
Display two non-illuminated fascia signs and 4 window vinyls.
Unit A 7 Gauze Street Paisley PA1 1EP
Received 28 Oct 2014 - Decided14/0810/PP
Installation of telecommunications cabinet and associated works.
Site 10 Metres South West Of No 1 New Street Kilbarchan Johnstone
Received 28 Oct 2014 - Decided14/0809/LB
Replacement of rooflights.
3 Manswrae Steading Kilbarchan Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3RH
Received 28 Oct 2014 - Decided15/0311/PP
Change of use from hairdresser (Class 1) to office (Class 2)
76B Causeyside Street Paisley PA1 1YP
Received 24 Apr 2015 - Decided15/0599/PP
Installation of replacement windows to flat.
45H Oakshaw Street East Paisley PA1 2DD
Received 12 Aug 2015 - Decided15/0597/PP
Installation of two equipment cabinets.
Land South East Of Junction With Viewpark Gardens Paisley Road Renfrew
Received 12 Aug 2015 - Decided15/0596/TP
Crown lifting of two Sycamore trees.
8 Blackland Grove Paisley PA2 8EH
Received 12 Aug 2015 - Decided16/0631/PP
Change of use of office to hot food take away and installation of flue
36 Glenburn Road Paisley PA2 8JG
Received 6 Sept 2016 - Decided16/0630/PP
Erection of three storey extension to side of residential college, part demolition of existing extension with erection of an additional storey to existing two storey extension, external alterations to existing extension with formation of hard standing and
Speirsfield House Residential Home 34 Stevenson Street Paisley PA2 6BP
Received 6 Sept 2016 - Decided16/0192/PP
Installation of access ramp and handrail to front of bank
8 Church Street Johnstone PA5 8DX
Received 18 Mar 2016 - Decided16/0158/PP
Change of use from open space to garden ground.
Site Between Dochart Avenue And Birnock Avenue Renfrew
Received 10 Mar 2016 - Decided16/0049/PP
Erection of first floor extension to side of dwellinghouse.
11 Birnock Avenue Renfrew PA4 0YW
Received 1 Feb 2016 - Decided15/0971/PP
Erection of 4 two storey dwellinghouses with associated parking
Land To South Of John Neilson Institute West Brae Paisley
Received 23 Dec 2015 - Decided15/0969/PP
Erection of extension to rear of research centre building.
Advanced Forming Research Centre 85 Inchinnan Drive Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9LJ
Received 23 Dec 2015 - Decided15/0964/PP
Erection of single storey extension and fenced bin enclosure to rear of hotel.
2 Row Avenue Renfrew Glasgow G51 4SY
Received 22 Dec 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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