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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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 dates18,431Searchable applications
137Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 16,922 approved or refused records
822Refused applications
16,100 approved · 822 refused · 698 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Feb 2004 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided12/0650/PP
Formation of dormer window to rear of dwellinghouse.
25 Riccartsbar Avenue Paisley PA2 6BQ
Received 14 Sept 2012 - Decided12/0649/PP
Erection of single storey building (Class 11) with associated access
Site On Eastern Edge Of Castle Semple Sailing Club Lochlip Road Lochwinnoch
Received 12 Sept 2012 - Decided13/0494/PP
Erection of porch to front of dwellinghouse.
35 Dunsmore Road Bishopton PA7 5EL
Received 22 Jul 2013 - Decided13/0491/PP
Erection of 86 dwellinghouses, with associated road access, parking provision and landscaping.
Site Between Gockston Road Shortroods Road And Springbank Road Paisley
Received 22 Jul 2013 - Decided12/0551/PP
Formation of right hand turning lane on Caplethill Road leading to Glenfield Road
Land At Junction With Caplethill Road Glenfield Road Paisley
Received 31 Jul 2012 - Decided12/0794/PP
Demolition of conservatory and erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
Archdale 7 Kilbarchan Road Johnstone PA5 8RD
Received 12 Nov 2012 - Decided12/0793/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
50 Crawford Road Houston Johnstone PA6 7DA
Received 9 Nov 2012 - Decided15/0265/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
132 Banchory Avenue Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9QG
Received 10 Apr 2015 - Decided15/0109/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
55 Balmoral Drive Bishopton PA7 5HR
Received 19 Feb 2015 - Decided15/0108/PP
Erection of shed within rear curtilage of dwellinghouse.
45 Glencoats Drive Paisley PA3 1RP
Received 18 Feb 2015 - Decided15/0107/PP
Approval of matters specified in Condition 7 (c) of outline planning permission 06/0602/PP as a supplement to the Phase One Design Code for Plot H10.
Royal Ordnance Station Road Bishopton PA7 5NJ
Received 18 Feb 2015 - Decided15/0105/AD
Display of one internally illuminated fascia sign and one internally illuminated projecting sign.
Unit A 26 High Street Paisley PA1 2BZ
Received 17 Feb 2015 - Decided15/0104/LB
Display of one internally illuminated fascia sign and one internally illuminated projecting sign.
Unit A 26 High Street Paisley PA1 2BZ
Received 17 Feb 2015 - Decided15/0103/AD
Display of one fascia sign with internally illuminated lettering.
172 Braehead Road Paisley PA2 8QD
Received 17 Feb 2015 - Decided13/0231/PP
Erection of dwellinghouse
Rear Of 33 High Street Lochwinnoch
Received 27 Mar 2013 - Decided13/0230/PP
Formation of dormers to front and rear of dwellinghouse.
5 Woodend Drive Paisley PA1 3DU
Received 27 Mar 2013 - Decided13/0229/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
18 Kilbarchan Road Johnstone PA5 8RB
Received 27 Mar 2013 - Decided12/0685/LB
Reduction in height of two chimneys to crematorium
Woodside Crematorium 46 Broomlands Street Paisley PA1 2NP
Received 1 Oct 2012 - Decided12/0687/PP
Change of use from public house to restaurant (Class 3).
38 High Street Paisley
Received 1 Oct 2012 - Decided12/0684/PP
Conversion of byre to form dwelling house(amendment to Condition No. 3).
Laigh Auchencloich Farm House Auchencloich Road Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2PZ
Received 1 Oct 2012 - Decided13/0357/PP
Proposed extension to barn.
Monkland Forehouse Road Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2PT
Received 28 May 2013 - Decided12/0576/PP
Erection of open-sided canopy to front of waiting room building
Woodside Crematorium 46 Broomlands Street Paisley PA1 2NP
Received 9 Aug 2012 - Decided13/0683/PP
Erection of dwellinghouse.
6 Hunterhill Road Paisley PA2 6SR
Received 9 Oct 2013 - Decided13/0546/TP
Felling of one ash tree and crown thinning of one lime tree.
65 Thorndene Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9DD
Received 14 Aug 2013
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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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