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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 dates18,187Searchable applications
143Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 16,684 approved or refused records
815Refused applications
15,869 approved · 815 refused · 689 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Mar 2004 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided14/0353/PP
Alterations to roof of dwellinghouse
37 Church Street Lochwinnoch
Received 9 May 2014 - Decided14/0357/AD
Display of one externally illuminated fascia sign.
43 Main Street Bridge Of Weir PA11 3NR
Received 9 May 2014 - Decided14/0820/PP
Formation of two dormer windows and decking to rear of dwellinghouse.
Gitterton Cottage East Drumcross Road Bishopton PA7 5PX
Received 3 Nov 2014 - Decided14/0543/TP
Reduction in height of two Scots Pine trees
23 Dennistoun Road Langbank Port Glasgow PA14 6XH
Received 15 Jul 2014 - Decided14/0552/TP
Felling of one lime tree.
13 Thorndene Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9DA
Received 17 Jul 2014 - Decided14/0551/LB
External and internal alterations associated with change of use from church to form 12 flats and alteration to layout of graveyard to make provision for parking and landscaping.
Main Building Castlehead Church Main Road Paisley PA2 6AH
Received 16 Jul 2014 - Decided14/0550/PP
Change of use from church (Class 10) to form 12 flats and associated external alterations, landscaping, parking, fencing and erection of bin store.
Main Building Castlehead Church Main Road Paisley PA2 6AH
Received 16 Jul 2014 - Decided13/0686/PP
Installation of solar panels
Gryffe High School Old Bridge Of Weir Road Houston Johnstone PA6 7EB
Received 11 Oct 2013 - Decided13/0897/AD
Display of one internally illuminated fascia sign and three window vinyls.
80 Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3PN
Received 19 Dec 2013 - Decided13/0896/PP
Alteration to shopfront.
Unit B 62 Causeyside Street Paisley PA1 1YW
Received 18 Dec 2013 - Decided13/0895/PP
Erection of dwellinghouse.
Meadowbank New Street Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2LN
Received 18 Dec 2013 - Decided13/0894/PP
Erection of entrance porch and replacement garage
Torwood Fraser Avenue Johnstone PA5 8JE
Received 18 Dec 2013 - Decided13/0641/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
39 Allanton Avenue Paisley PA1 3BN
Received 23 Sept 2013 - Decided13/0640/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
24 Hamilton Crescent Bishopton PA7 5JT
Received 23 Sept 2013 - Decided13/0639/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
64 Gartmore Road Paisley PA1 3NQ
Received 20 Sept 2013 - Decided14/0382/AD
Display of internally illuminated ATM sign and internally illuminated surround sign (in retrospect).
4 New Inchinnan Road Paisley PA3 2PP
Received 21 May 2014 - Decided14/0308/TP
Felling of two trees.
32 Torridon Drive Renfrew PA4 0US
Received 22 Apr 2014 - Decided14/0307/CL
Erection of single storey extension to rear and side of dwellinghouse.
35 McConnell Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4EB
Received 22 Apr 2014 - Decided14/0306/PP
Extension to car park and associated works.
2 Printers Place Paisley PA2 7RX
Received 22 Apr 2014 - Decided14/0305/PP
Erection of one and half storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
1 Parkhill Drive Lochwinnoch PA12 4EN
Received 22 Apr 2014 - Decided13/0688/TP
Felling one sycamore tree (in retrospect)
5 Alder Place Johnstone PA5 0DF
Received 11 Oct 2013 - Decided14/0356/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear and side, formation of pitched roof over garage to side, and installation of flue to rear of dwellinghouse.
27 Balfron Road Paisley PA1 3HA
Received 9 May 2014 - Decided14/0360/PP
Installation of ATM (in retrospect)
28-30 Skye Crescent Paisley PA2 8EL
Received 12 May 2014 - Decided14/0231/PP
Erection of a sales canopy.
Unit 2 Phoenix Retail Park Griffin Avenue Paisley PA1 2AB
Received 28 Mar 2014
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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