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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 dates16,254Searchable applications
143Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 14,882 approved or refused records
701Refused applications
14,181 approved · 701 refused · 584 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Aug 2005 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided16/0070/CL
Certificate of lawfulness for the use of property as a residential care home (Class 9).
West Cottage Houston Road Bishopton PA7 5NY
Received 8 Feb 2016 - Decided16/0069/PP
Erection of first floor extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
9 Troon Drive Bridge Of Weir PA11 3HF
Received 8 Feb 2016 - Decided16/0061/AD
Display of one non-illuminated fascia sign
Flat 0/1 22 Church Street Johnstone PA5 8DU
Received 4 Feb 2016 - Decided15/0122/PP
Erection of garage to rear of dwellinghouse.
3 Pearson Drive Renfrew PA4 0BG
Received 23 Feb 2015 - Decided14/0841/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
59 Allanton Avenue Paisley PA1 3BN
Received 12 Nov 2014 - Decided15/0486/TP
Crown reduction and removal of lower hanging branches from one lime tree.
42 Walnut Crescent Johnstone
Received 24 Jun 2015 - Decided16/0194/PP
Erection of one and a half storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
6A Alton Road Paisley PA1 3NH
Received 18 Mar 2016 - Decided16/0193/PP
Erection of fence, stone pillars and gates to front of dwellinghouse.
The Old Smiddy Shields Holdings Lochwinnoch PA12 4HL
Received 18 Mar 2016 - Decided15/0898/NO
Erection of class 1 retail and class 3 restaurant units with drive through facility, public house, class 8 and 9 residential/nursing home and flats with ancillary works.
1 Wallneuk Road Paisley PA3 4BT
Received 26 Nov 2015 - Decided15/0896/PP
Part demolition and conversion of church hall to dwellinghouse, associated external alterations and formation of parking.
Church Hall Castlehead Church Main Road Paisley PA2 6AH
Received 26 Nov 2015 - Decided15/0823/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
24 Fauldshead Road Renfrew PA4 0RY
Received 2 Nov 2015 - Decided15/0827/AD
Display of one wall-mounted sign comprising individual internally illuminated letters and logo.
Hewlett Packard Factory Erskine Ferry Road Bishopton PA7 5PP
Received 2 Nov 2015 - Decided15/0826/PP
Installation of roof-mounted solar PV panels.
K Division Police Station Mill Street Paisley PA1 1JU
Received 2 Nov 2015 - Appeal decided15/0825/TP
(A) Felling of one Beech (0839) and one Lime (0840); and (B) Crown thin and crown lift of one Ash (0837), and one Lime (0838) and crown thinning of one Beech (0841).
3 Balgonie Woods Paisley PA2 6HW
Received 2 Nov 2015 - Decided15/0897/CL
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse
86 Middlepenny Road Langbank Port Glasgow PA14 6XF
Received 26 Nov 2015 - Decided15/0011/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse.
20 Strathdon Avenue Paisley PA2 9PX
Received 8 Jan 2015 - Decided15/0703/PP
Installation of solar panels on roof of building.
6 Newmains Avenue Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9RR
Received 22 Sept 2015 - Decided15/0702/AF
Erection of extension to agricultural storage shed.
Wellstrand Farm Tandlehill Road Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2PL
Received 22 Sept 2015 - Decided15/0928/PP
Use of land for Class 6 (Storage and Distribution) and associated works including erection of fencing and alterations to site access.
Site 100 Metres West Of Junction With Burnbrae Drive Burnbrae Road Linwood Paisley
Received 4 Dec 2015 - Decided15/0927/PP
Erection of two storey extension and single storey extension to rear, single storey extension to side and single storey extension with raised terrace to front of dwellinghouse, and two storey extension with balcony to rear of garage.
15 Mar Hall Avenue Bishopton PA7 5QE
Received 4 Dec 2015 - Decided15/0966/PP
Erection of first floor extension to side and rear; and porch to front of dwellinghouse.
49 Ben Lawers Drive Paisley PA2 7NF
Received 22 Dec 2015 - Decided15/0732/PP
Erection of two storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
17 Falside Road Paisley PA2 6JZ
Received 5 Oct 2015 - Decided15/0731/PP
Erection of residential development comprising 267 dwellinghouses with associated access, infrastructure and landscaping.
Former Merchiston Hospital Bridge Of Weir Road Brookfield Johnstone
Received 29 Sept 2015 - Decided15/0545/PP
Engineering operations associated with installation of 100kW hydropower scheme including formation of access road, gate and gate posts, car park, two borrow pits and intake diversion channel, deposit of worked material and alteration to ground level (in r
Site 400 Metres North East Of Former Ladyland Castle Auchenhean Road Lochwinnoch
Received 20 Jul 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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