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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 dates16,692Searchable applications
143Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 15,293 approved or refused records
729Refused applications
14,564 approved · 729 refused · 606 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Conservation areas8 mapped area records
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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
- Decided15/0042/TP
Felling of one Sycamore tree.
10 Thorndene Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9DA
Received 21 Jan 2015 - Decided15/0041/AD
Display of one internally illuminated fascia sign.
Unit A 15 Napier Street Linwood Paisley PA3 3AJ
Received 21 Jan 2015 - Decided15/0085/NO
Erection of a residential development and associated landscaping, roads and drainage infrastructure.
North Bar Banchory Avenue Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9PR
Received 11 Feb 2015 - Decided15/0369/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
3 Dun Cann Erskine PA8 7EG
Received 18 May 2015 - Decided15/0370/CL
Conversion of integral garage to a room.
70 Moorpark Square Renfrew PA4 8JF
Received 18 May 2015 - Decided15/0724/PP
Change of use from shop(class 1) to hot food takeaway (in retrospect).
44A Caledonia Street Paisley PA3 2JN
Received 1 Oct 2015 - Decided15/0726/PP
Change of use from shop (Class 1) to hot food take-away and erection of flue to rear.
Unit B 48 Graham Street Johnstone PA5 8QY
Received 1 Oct 2015 - Decided15/0725/PP
Installation of solar PV panels to roof.
Unit A 1 King's Inch Place Renfrew PA4 8WF
Received 1 Oct 2015 - Decided15/0052/EO
Request for screening opinion
North Bar Banchory Avenue Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9PR
Received 26 Jan 2015 - Decided15/0361/AF
Erection of agricultural building.
Thirdparthall Farm Kibbleston Road Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2PH
Received 13 May 2015 - Decided15/0360/AD
Display of one internally illuminated fascia sign and one internally illuminated projecting sign.
60 Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3PW
Received 13 May 2015 - Decided15/0533/PP
Demolition of Class 1 Shop and erection of five storey flatted development, with basement comprising five flats
3 Walker Street Paisley PA1 2EN
Received 14 Jul 2015 - Decided15/0532/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse.
23 Newton Street Paisley PA1 2RN
Received 14 Jul 2015 - Decided15/0371/AD
Display of one internally illuminated fascia sign.
Unit E Braehead Retail Park 148 King's Inch Drive Renfrew Glasgow G51 4BT
Received 18 May 2015 - Decided15/0329/CL
Formation of currency exchange kiosk within shopping centre
Braehead Shopping Centre King's Inch Road Renfrew G51 4BS
Received 29 Apr 2015 - Decided15/0661/CL
Erection of single storey extension to rear and double garage to side of dwellinghouse.
20 Hagg Road Johnstone PA5 8TD
Received 8 Sept 2015 - Decided15/0659/EN
Installation of condensing unit and ducting on roof of main terminal building
Main Terminal Building Caledonia Way Glasgow Airport Paisley
Received 7 Sept 2015 - Decided15/0660/PP
Erection of single storey extension and decking to rear of dwellinghouse.
Linglaw Bonar Crescent Bridge Of Weir PA11 3EH
Received 8 Sept 2015 - Decided15/0203/LB
Installation of extraction flue to rear of building.
64 High Street Johnstone
Received 19 Mar 2015 - Decided15/0276/CL
Formation of currency exchange kiosk within shopping centre
Braehead Shopping Centre King's Inch Road Renfrew G51 4BS
Received 14 Apr 2015 - Decided15/0275/PP
Erection of decking to rear of dwellinghouse.
1 St Annes Avenue Erskine PA8 7DR
Received 14 Apr 2015 - Decided16/0203/PP
Change of use of industrial unit to education facility (Class 10).
21 Scott's Road Paisley PA2 7AN
Received 22 Mar 2016 - Decided16/0202/PP
Formation of two dormers, one to front and one to rear, of dwellinghouse.
70 Auchmannoch Avenue Paisley PA1 3AG
Received 22 Mar 2016 - Decided15/0933/PP
Erection of single storey extension and formation of pitched roof over existing single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
40 Dunchurch Road Paisley PA1 3JW
Received 8 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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