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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 dates19,340Searchable applications
137Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 17,773 approved or refused records
893Refused applications
16,880 approved · 893 refused · 746 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Sept 2003 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided14/0533/LB
Installation of three pole-mounted replacement antennas and ancillary telecommunications apparatus.
Mile End Mill Seedhill Road Paisley
Received 10 Jul 2014 - Decided14/0532/PP
Installation of three pole-mounted replacement antennas and ancillary telecommunications aparatus.
Mile End Mill Seedhill Road Paisley
Received 10 Jul 2014 - Decided14/0389/CL
Formation of deck car park.
Unit A Johnstone Railway Station Thorn Brae Johnstone PA5 8HE
Received 23 May 2014 - Decided14/0311/PP
Erection of single storey extension to front and rear, first floor extension to side, and formation of dormer window to front of dwellinghouse.
Vermar Watt Lane Bridge Of Weir PA11 3EJ
Received 24 Apr 2014 - Decided14/0310/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
8 Station Road Langbank PA14 6YA
Received 23 Apr 2014 - Decided14/0309/PP
Alterations to roof comprising the removal of chimney.
31-33 Church Street Lochwinnoch PA12 4AE
Received 23 Apr 2014 - Decided14/0531/PP
Formation of two balconies to side of dwellinghouse
Redholme Johnshill Lochwinnoch PA12 4EH
Received 10 Jul 2014 - Decided15/0883/AF
Erection of agricultural shed
Farm House Old Mains Farm Greenock Road Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9PB
Received 18 Nov 2015 - Decided13/0039/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
49 Balmoral Drive Bishopton PA7 5HR
Received 17 Jan 2013 - Decided13/0489/PP
Formation of dormer window to rear of dwellinghouse.
33 Ferguson Avenue Renfrew PA4 0TH
Received 19 Jul 2013 - Decided13/0135/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
186 Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3LT
Received 18 Feb 2013 - Decided13/0134/PP
Installation of roller shutters
2A Quarry Street Johnstone PA5 8DZ
Received 20 Feb 2013 - Decided12/0434/PP
Alterations to shopfront
40-42 Canal Street Renfrew PA4 8QD
Received 18 Jun 2012 - Decided12/0433/PP
Alterations to shopfront
Unit A 60 High Street Johnstone PA5 8SG
Received 18 Jun 2012 - Decided12/0432/PP
Alterations to shop front
2 Houstoun Square Johnstone PA5 8DT
Received 18 Jun 2012 - Decided12/0829/VS
Modification of Section 75 agreement relating to planning consent ref. 06/0885/PP
Hawkhead Hospital Hawkhead Road Paisley PA2 7BL
Received 26 Nov 2012 - Decided12/0828/PP
Installation of window to front of dwellinghouse
51 Anchor Wynd Paisley PA1 1HL
Received 26 Nov 2012 - Decided13/0518/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
East Knockbartnock Stepends Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4LA
Received 1 Aug 2013 - Decided13/0517/AD
Display of one internally illuminated sign (in retrospect)
Unit A Centreholm Roundabout Erskine PA8 6EY
Received 31 Jul 2013 - Decided12/0714/PP
Change of use from Class 2 (Offices) to Class 11 (Discotheque)
16 New Street Paisley
Received 11 Oct 2012 - Decided12/0713/AD
Display of 1 no. non illuminated fascia sign and 3 no. non illuminated free standing signs.
11 Fountain Crescent Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9RE
Received 11 Oct 2012 - Decided13/0132/PP
Partial conversion of barn to form extension to dwellinghouse and erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
Meiklefield Farm Barochan Road Houston Johnstone PA6 7BT
Received 18 Feb 2013 - Decided13/0600/PP
Erection of single storey extension and raised terrace to rear of dwellinghouse (amendment to planning consent 11/0699/PP). (In retrospect)
9 Selkirk Avenue Paisley PA2 9JF
Received 27 Aug 2013 - Decided13/0488/PP
Erection of detached garage to side of flat.
7A Main Road Paisley PA2 6AH
Received 19 Jul 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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