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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 dates18,768Searchable applications
137Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 17,230 approved or refused records
843Refused applications
16,387 approved · 843 refused · 724 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided13/0076/AD
Display of one internally illuminated fascia sign, one non illuminated supplementary sign and eight spotlights
Unit A 45 High Street Paisley PA1 2AH
Received 29 Jan 2013 - Decided13/0075/AD
Display of two internally illuminated freestanding signs, one internally illuminated wall mounted sign and one window vinyl sign.
16-18 Fountain Crescent Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9RE
Received 29 Jan 2013 - Decided13/0483/DD
Demolition of shopping centre, library and adjoining flats.
Spateston Shopping Centre And Library 15 - 43 Hallhill Road Johnstone PA5 0SA
Received 16 Jul 2013 - Decided12/0784/TP
Removal of one chestnut tree and crown reduction of one sycamore tree and one oak tree.
Lakemba Overton Road Johnstone PA5 8JD
Received 6 Nov 2012 - Decided12/0785/CL
Erection of single storey extension and canopy to rear of dwellinghouse
481 Brierie Hill Road Crosslee Johnstone PA6 7BR
Received 7 Nov 2012 - Decided12/0629/VS
Discharge of Section 75 agreement relating to planning consent ref. 06/1319/PP
Land At McGregor Avenue And Moorpark Square Renfrew
Received 5 Sept 2012 - Decided14/0868/PP
Conversion and sub-division of church (Class 10) to form 8 flats with parking on ground floor and associated external alterations, access ramp, bin store, fencing, alteration to site access and landscaping.
Main Building Castlehead Church Main Road Paisley PA2 6AH
Received 26 Nov 2014 - Decided13/0452/PP
Change of use from Class 1 (Retail) to Class 3 (food and drink) and erection of ventilation duct (in part retrospect).
7 Penilee Road Paisley PA1 3ES
Received 2 Jul 2013 - Decided13/0349/AD
Display of 48 sheet hoarding
10 High Street Johnstone PA5 8JX
Received 24 May 2013 - Decided13/0290/PP
Erection of replacement 15m streetpole (relocated approximately 1m south of existing) and replacement of three existing equipment cabinets with four equipment cabinets and ancillary development.
Site 40 Metres South West Of No 74 Love Street Paisley
Received 22 Apr 2013 - Decided13/0451/PP
Erection of decking to rear of dwellinghouse (in retrospect).
11 Pine Crescent Johnstone PA5 0BS
Received 2 Jul 2013 - Decided13/0090/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear and access ramp to side of dwellinghouse.
21 Balgair Drive Paisley PA1 3TJ
Received 4 Feb 2013 - Decided12/0827/PP
Installation of access ramp to rear of dwelling house.
14 Banchory Avenue Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9PX
Received 26 Nov 2012 - Decided13/0208/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
15 Craigiehall Way Erskine PA8 7DA
Received 20 Mar 2013 - Decided13/0207/PP
Installation of ATM and alterations to shop front (in part Retrospect)
Unit A 27 Moss Street Paisley PA1 1DJ
Received 20 Mar 2013 - Decided13/0206/AD
Display of one internally illuminated ATM facia sign with internally illuminated surround (in retrospect)
Unit A 27 Moss Street Paisley PA1 1DJ
Received 20 Mar 2013 - Decided13/0204/AD
Display of 10 internally illuminated fascia signs and one internally illuminated totem sign.
Braehead Shopping Centre King's Inch Road Renfrew
Received 19 Mar 2013 - Decided12/0482/NO
Variation of Condition 2 of planning consent 07/1114/PP restricting sale of goods to non food items only
Abbotsinch Retail Park Washington Road Paisley
Received 5 Jul 2012 - Decided12/0484/PP
Erection of single storey extension and decking to rear of dwellinghouse.
22 Balgonie Avenue Paisley PA2 9LP
Received 5 Jul 2012 - Decided12/0483/PP
Erection of a residential development comprising 12 detached houses and 62 flatted dwellings in two blocks with associated roads, parking and open space/landscaping.
Dykebar House 101 Barrhead Road Paisley
Received 5 Jul 2012 - Decided13/0248/PP
Erection of flatted development (amendment to planning consent 07/0111/PP).
Land To South Of King's Inch Road Renfrew
Received 8 Apr 2013 - Decided13/0246/PP
Erection of first floor extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
1 The Grove Bridge Of Weir PA11 3DU
Received 4 Apr 2013 - Decided13/0244/PP
Erection of decking to side of public house to form external drinking area (in retrospect).
The Castle Public House 34 Hazel Avenue Johnstone PA5 0BP
Received 2 Apr 2013 - Decided13/0245/PP
Replacement of a 15m high telecommunications mast with a 15m high streetworks pole and associated cabinets and ancillary development.
Site 50 Metres East Of No 35 Mains Wood Newshot Drive Erskine
Received 4 Apr 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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