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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 dates16,598Searchable applications
143Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 15,207 approved or refused records
720Refused applications
14,487 approved · 720 refused · 598 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Decided16/0005/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
83 Back O Hill Crosslee Johnstone PA6 7LE
Received 6 Jan 2016 - Decided16/0006/CL
Erection of single storey extension and decking to rear of dwellinghouse.
17 Castle Crescent Bishopton PA7 5HA
Received 6 Jan 2016 - Decided16/0004/PP
Change of use from flat to flat in multiple occupancy
Flat 2/1 2 West Brae Paisley PA1 2EB
Received 6 Jan 2016 - Decided16/0002/TP
Crown reduction works to one willow tree.
17 Arniston Way Paisley PA3 4BZ
Received 6 Jan 2016 - Decided16/0003/PP
Change of use of flat to flat in multiple occupancy (in-retrospect)
Flat 1/1 2 West Brae Paisley PA1 2EB
Received 6 Jan 2016 - Decided14/0890/PP
Installation of 100kW hydropower scheme including intake, turbine house and associated pipeline.
Site Between Ladyland Bridge And Castle Hill Auchenhean Road Lochwinnoch
Received 1 Dec 2014 - Decided14/0889/NO
Erection of residential development and associated infrastructure works in principle.
2 Mount Pleasant Shuttle Street Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2PR
Received 1 Dec 2014 - Decided14/0888/EO
Request for screening opinion on the need for an Environmental Impact Assessment for residential development
Site To North Of Park Gardens And Glentyan Avenue Shuttle Street Kilbarchan Johnstone
Received 1 Dec 2014 - Decided15/0718/AD
Display of one internally illuminated fascia sign, two non illuminated fascia signs and one non illuminated projecting sign.
9B Gilmour Street Paisley PA1 1DD
Received 25 Sept 2015 - Decided15/0178/LB
Erection of single storey building, walls and hardstanding to side of dwellinghouse.
Barnbeth House Clevans Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3RS
Received 12 Mar 2015 - Decided15/0177/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse, installation of flue and formation of raised timber decking.
170 Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3LT
Received 12 Mar 2015 - Decided15/0174/PP
External alterations to dwellinghouse to accommodate conversion of integral garage to habitable room.
5 Morton Wynd Paisley PA2 7FE
Received 11 Mar 2015 - Decided15/0171/PP
Installation of nine replacement antennas and one transmission dish on mast and associated telecommunications equipment.
Brediland Telephone Exchange Amochrie Road Paisley
Received 10 Mar 2015 - Decided15/0628/LB
External alterations to facade and roof.
Russell Institute 30 Causeyside Street Paisley PA1 1UR
Received 24 Aug 2015 - Decided15/0627/PP
Reconfiguration of roof over dwellinghouse to accommodate enlargement at first floor level and erection of two storey extension to side and rear.
20 Craigholme Houston Johnstone PA6 7DB
Received 24 Aug 2015 - Decided15/0626/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear and side and erection of porch to front of dwellinghouse.
40 Oakridge Crescent Paisley PA3 1RS
Received 24 Aug 2015 - Decided15/0625/PP
Conversion of former farm buildings to form three dwellinghouses.
Farm House Barnhill Farm Houston Road Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9LU
Received 24 Aug 2015 - Decided15/0624/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
49 Cormorant Avenue Houston Johnstone PA6 7LG
Received 24 Aug 2015 - Decided15/0303/NA
Alteration and diversification of existing waste recycling facility to incorporate an Energy Recovery Facility through use of and extension to existing building and with incorporation of an associated flue and infrastructure (Environmental Impact Assessme
865 South Street Glasgow G14 0BX
Received 22 Apr 2015 - Decided15/0218/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
136 Banchory Avenue Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9QG
Received 25 Mar 2015 - Decided15/0217/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
4 Patrickbank View Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9UB
Received 25 Mar 2015 - Decided15/0290/LB
Internal alterations to basement, reinstatement of external access stair, installation of new window on east elevation and associated works.
Barnbeth House Clevans Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3RS
Received 20 Apr 2015 - Decided15/0289/PP
Reinstatement of external access stair and creation of hardstanding to side of property
Barnbeth House Clevans Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3RS
Received 20 Apr 2015 - Decided15/0288/AD
Display of one non-illuminated fascia sign and one non-illuminated wall-mounted plaque sign.
1 County Place Paisley PA1 1BN
Received 20 Apr 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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