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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 dates19,480Searchable applications
137Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 17,906 approved or refused records
900Refused applications
17,006 approved · 900 refused · 753 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided12/0768/PP
Installation of roof mounted solar panels
23 McFarlane Street Paisley PA3 1RY
Received 31 Oct 2012 - Decided12/0769/PP
Change of use from car repair service centre and retail store to class 1 retail
3 Hamilton Street Paisley PA3 4BA
Received 31 Oct 2012 - Decided13/0157/PP
Change of use from sandwich bar to hot food takeaway and erection of flue to rear (Variation of condition 1 of planning approval 12/0059/PP to allow extended opening hours to 23:00 hours)
10 Porterfield Road Renfrew PA4 8HG
Received 1 Mar 2013 - Decided13/0156/LB
Erection of 2 storey extension to western elevation.
Paisley Abbey Abbey Close Paisley
Received 28 Feb 2013 - Decided13/0576/TP
Pollarding four lime trees.
Land To South Of No 3 Ellon Grove Paisley
Received 23 Aug 2013 - Decided13/0023/PP
Change of use from hairdressers (Class 1) to function suite for adjoining public house
15 Bridgewater Shopping Centre Bridgewater Place Erskine PA8 7AA
Received 8 Jan 2013 - Decided12/0887/PP
Change of use from artists studio / gallery to coffee shop (Class 3).
Unit C 13 Kirk Road Houston Johnstone PA6 7HW
Received 21 Dec 2012 - Decided13/0463/PP
Installation of replacement windows to sides of flatted building.
45B Oakshaw Street East Paisley PA1 2DD
Received 5 Jul 2013 - Decided13/0461/PP
Erection of two storey extension to rear, canopy and fence to side and external alterations to dwellinghouse
Corraith Bonar Crescent Bridge Of Weir PA11 3EH
Received 4 Jul 2013 - Decided13/0068/PP
Erection of a dwellinghouse and garage.
Site 15 Metres West Of No 18 Stravaig Path Paisley
Received 28 Jan 2013 - Decided13/0193/LB
Display of brass plaque on south elevation.
Paisley Arts Centre New Street Paisley PA1 1EZ
Received 19 Mar 2013 - Decided12/0601/PP
Erection of 2 no. single storey retail shops
Site Between Nos 57A And 59 Clippens Road Linwood Paisley
Received 21 Aug 2012 - Decided12/0597/TP
Felling of four trees and pruning works to seven trees
25 & 31 Pine Crescent Johnstone PA5 0XB
Received 17 Aug 2012 - Decided12/0596/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
83 Old Greenock Road Bishopton PA7 5BE
Received 20 Aug 2012 - Decided12/0640/PP
Change of use from Class 1 to Class 2.
14 Silk Street Paisley PA1 1HG
Received 10 Sept 2012 - Decided12/0639/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
398 Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3BE
Received 7 Sept 2012 - Decided12/0638/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
41 Arkleston Drive Paisley PA1 3EN
Received 7 Sept 2012 - Decided12/0637/PP
Change of use from Storage Area & Warehouse (Class 6) to Vehicle Repair Workshop (Class 5)
46 Underwood Road Paisley PA3 1TL
Received 7 Sept 2012 - Decided13/0386/PP
Re-rendering of both gables, removal of two chimneys and addition of skews.
2 Johnshill Lochwinnoch PA12 4ES
Received 7 Jun 2013 - Decided13/0354/PP
Change of use from private open space to form extension to private garden areas (associated with planning consent 11/0727/PP plots 6-8 (49-53 Priory Avenue) ) and erection of fencing.
Site At Brewster Avenue And Priory Avenue Dundonald Road Paisley
Received 28 May 2013 - Decided13/0355/PP
Extension to industrial unit to form workshop
24 Macdowall Street Paisley PA3 2NB
Received 28 May 2013 - Decided13/0304/LB
Replacement of timber doors and windows on front and rear elevations with uPVC doors and windows.
2 Woodside Cottages Main Road Langbank Port Glasgow PA14 6UU
Received 29 Apr 2013 - Decided13/0303/PP
Erection of one and a half storey double garage with office space to rear of dwellinghouse.
205 Neilston Road Paisley PA2 6QW
Received 26 Apr 2013 - Decided13/0302/CL
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse, external alterations to replace garage door with window and conversion of garage to habitable room
19 Parkvale Crescent Erskine PA8 7LE
Received 26 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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