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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 dates18,289Searchable applications
142Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 16,783 approved or refused records
819Refused applications
15,964 approved · 819 refused · 692 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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More application records
- Decided13/0689/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse.
20 Millfield View Erskine PA8 6HE
Received 11 Oct 2013 - Decided13/0687/EO
Erection of 49.5m high wind turbine.
West Glen Farm West Glen Road Kilmacolm PA13 4PU
Received 11 Oct 2013 - Decided13/0684/AD
Display of one illuminated totem sign and two illuminated roundabout wall signs.
Advertising Station Site No 27 Hillington Road Hillington Park Glasgow
Received 10 Oct 2013 - Decided13/0612/PP
Erection of detached garage to side of flat.
55 Paisley Road Renfrew PA4 8LG
Received 4 Sept 2013 - Decided14/0670/PP
Formation of balcony to side of dwellinghouse.
Redgarth Moredun Road Paisley PA2 9LH
Received 3 Sept 2014 - Decided13/0630/PP
Change of use from vacant land to form staff parking area, creation of access and erection of security fence and lighting poles.
Land At Phoenix Park Linwood Road Paisley
Received 12 Sept 2013 - Decided13/0629/PP
Change of use from vacant site to car storage compound formation of access and erection of security fence and CCTV pole.
Land At Phoenix Park Linwood Road Paisley
Received 12 Sept 2013 - Decided14/0436/PP
Erection of one and a half storey extension to side and rear, formation of two dormers windows to front and one dormer windows to rear of dwellinghouse and formation of pitched roof over detached garage.
20 Balgair Drive Paisley PA1 3TJ
Received 10 Jun 2014 - Decided14/0346/PP
Erection of two storey extension to rear and first floor extension to side of dwellinghouse.
17 Brierie Hill Road Crosslee Johnstone PA6 7AD
Received 6 May 2014 - Decided14/0036/PP
External alterations including recladding associated with sub-division of industrial premises into four units; and erection of fence to side and rear.
47-53 Montrose Avenue Hillington Park Glasgow G52 4LZ
Received 17 Jan 2014 - Decided14/0641/PP
Partial demolition of industrial building and erection of single storey workshop
Unit 8C Vulcan Works Floors Street Johnstone PA5 8PE
Received 20 Aug 2014 - Decided14/0642/PP
Subdivision and part change of use of shop (Class 1) to form three units comprising one shop (Class 1), one hot food takeaway (sui generis) and one warehouse (Class 6), installation of extraction flue through roof, addition of air condensing unit to rear
60 Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3PW
Received 20 Aug 2014 - Decided14/0643/PP
Erection of plant enclosure to rear; formation of window and erection of entrance canopy and cycle stand to front; and realignment of fencing.
Air Cargo Centre Building A Arran Avenue Paisley PA3 2AY
Received 20 Aug 2014 - Decided13/0837/AD
Display of three flags.
Advanced Forming Research Centre 85 Inchinnan Drive Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9LJ
Received 27 Nov 2013 - Decided14/0830/PP
Alterations to dormers at rear of dwellinghouse.
90 Auchmannoch Avenue Paisley PA1 3AB
Received 6 Nov 2014 - Decided14/0829/LB
Re-rendering of external walls.
94-100 Falside Road Paisley PA2 6JU
Received 5 Nov 2014 - Decided14/0668/PP
External alterations to flat, and formation of timber decking to rear.
26 Whirlie Road Crosslee Johnstone PA6 7AL
Received 3 Sept 2014 - Decided14/0667/AD
Display of fascia sign featuring individual halo-illuminated letters and logo.
38 Causeyside Street Paisley
Received 3 Sept 2014 - Decided14/0611/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
57 Merlinford Drive Renfrew PA4 8XP
Received 8 Aug 2014 - Decided14/0610/PP
Alterations to external elevations of building
50 Montrose Avenue Hillington Park Glasgow G52 4LA
Received 8 Aug 2014 - Decided14/0100/PP
Installation of two dormer windows to front and two dormer windows to rear of dwellinghouse
Tulla Lewis Crescent Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2HB
Received 11 Feb 2014 - Decided14/0638/PP
Erection of dwellinghouse.
Plot 1 Adj To 6 Albert Road Brookfield Johnstone PA5 8UJ
Received 19 Aug 2014 - Decided14/0639/PP
Erection of a dwellinghouse and formation of vehicle access (renewal of planning consent 11/0443/PP).
Land Adjacent To Pennyghael House Candren Road Linwood Paisley PA3 3AP
Received 19 Aug 2014 - Decided14/0354/PP
Engineering and infrastructure operations including; site remediation, limited site remodelling, drainage provision, construction of roads, pavements and parking areas.
Land To West Of Andrew Avenue Renfrew
Received 9 May 2014
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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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