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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 dates16,620Searchable applications
143Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 15,224 approved or refused records
721Refused applications
14,503 approved · 721 refused · 603 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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- Decided15/0287/PP
Addition of extension pole and two antennas to monopole, one antenna to be fixed to cable gantry support pole, one equipment cabinet and associated telecommunications apparatus.
Brediland Telephone Exchange Amochrie Road Paisley
Received 20 Apr 2015 - Decided15/0285/AD
Display of internally illuminated sign at upper level and externally illuminated fascia sign on entrance canopy on front elevation, display of illuminated sign on north/east elevation and non-illuminated sign on west elevation.
Watermill Hotel Lonend Paisley PA1 1SR
Received 20 Apr 2015 - Decided15/0284/LB
Display of internally illuminated sign at upper level and down lit fascia sign on entrance canopy on front elevation, display of illuminated sign on north/east elevation (by existing lighting) and non-illuminated sign on west elevation.
Watermill Hotel Lonend Paisley PA1 1SR
Received 20 Apr 2015 - Decided14/0930/PP
Change of use from museum to restaurant (class 3) with drive thru, formation of car park, service yard and access road.
Clydebuilt Scottish Maritime Museum King's Inch Drive Renfrew
Received 23 Dec 2014 - Decided15/0125/PP
Erection of single storey extension to frontage and external alterations to rear
98 Greenock Road Bishopton PA7 5AW
Received 23 Feb 2015 - Decided15/0112/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
5 Manse Crescent Houston Johnstone PA6 7JN
Received 19 Feb 2015 - Decided15/0111/AF
Erection of agricultural building
Calderbank Linthills Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4DJ
Received 19 Feb 2015 - Decided15/0124/PP
Change of use from residential property to school (Class 10), formation of access ramp to front and associated external alterations and hard landscaping.
Garnock Lodge Boydstone Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4JT
Received 23 Feb 2015 - Decided14/0855/PP
Erection of single storey extension to front of dwellinghouse.
Little Paddock 10 Nether Johnstone Small Holdings Milliken Road Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2AQ
Received 19 Nov 2014 - Decided14/0851/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear, and external alterations to front of dwellinghouse.
1 St Margaret's Avenue Paisley PA3 4DL
Received 17 Nov 2014 - Decided15/0086/PP
Erection of porch to front and conservatory to rear of dwellinghouse.
6 Tarras Drive Renfrew PA4 0YZ
Received 11 Feb 2015 - Decided14/0896/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
27 Merlinford Crescent Renfrew PA4 8XW
Received 5 Dec 2014 - Decided14/0899/LB
External alterations to front and rear elevations.
4 Forbes Place Paisley PA1 1UT
Received 5 Dec 2014 - Decided14/0898/PP
Erection of two storey extension and decking to rear of dwellinghouse and erection of flue.
28 McCrorie Place Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2BF
Received 5 Dec 2014 - Decided15/0351/PP
Erection of one and a half storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse.
3 Kingslea Road Houston Johnstone PA6 7ER
Received 11 May 2015 - Decided15/0081/PP
External alterations to building and erection of detached double garage (amendment to planning consent 12/0435/PP)
Mid Lochhead Farm House Kilbirnie Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4DX
Received 9 Feb 2015 - Decided15/0080/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
16 Speirs Road Johnstone PA5 8HX
Received 9 Feb 2015 - Decided14/0923/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
10 Balmoral Drive Bishopton PA7 5HR
Received 17 Dec 2014 - Decided14/0922/PP
Erection of single storey boathouse and jetty.
Barnbeth House Clevans Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3RS
Received 17 Dec 2014 - Decided15/0422/NO
Erection of mixed use development, comprising business, general industry, storage or distribution, hotel, food and drink, shops and residential development (in principle)
Land Adjacent To Inchinnan Road Fleming Street & Marchfield Avenue Paisley
Received 5 Jun 2015 - Decided15/0423/PP
Change of use of storage building to motor vehicle repair garage
1A Dunlop Street Linwood PA3 3AL
Received 5 Jun 2015 - Decided15/0208/LB
Replacement of two windows.
Paisley Abbey Abbey Close Paisley
Received 20 Mar 2015 - Decided15/0512/PP
Erection of first floor extension to side and rear, and erection of single storey extension and formation of first floor balcony to rear of dwellinghouse.
57 Kingston Road Bishopton PA7 5BG
Received 3 Jul 2015 - Decided15/0356/AD
Display of eight internally illuminated fascia signs, one internally illuminated totem sign and one barrier sign and five directional signs
Clydebuilt Scottish Maritime Museum King's Inch Drive Renfrew Glasgow G51 4BN
Received 13 May 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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