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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.
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Renfrewshire planning applications
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Renfrewshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Renfrewshire website
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates20,231Searchable applications
139Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 18,616 approved or refused records
935Refused applications
17,681 approved · 935 refused · 784 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Jun 2002 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided11/0704/PP
Erection of porch to front of dwellinghouse
26 Tandlehill Road Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2DD
Received 6 Oct 2011 - Decided11/0527/PP
Erection of dormer windows to front and rear of dwellinghouse, erection of single storey extension to rear and replacement of slate roof covering with tiles
46 Newmains Road Renfrew PA4 0PR
Received 21 Jul 2011 - Decided11/0530/TP
Crown lifting and crown thinning of 1 no. tree
2 Poplar Avenue Johnstone PA5 0EF
Received 21 Jul 2011 - Decided11/0622/PP
Erection of upper storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
24 Clydesdale Avenue Renfrew PA3 4JL
Received 30 Aug 2011 - Decided11/0621/PP
Erection of porch to front of dwellinghouse
4 Burnside Avenue Brookfield Johnstone PA5 8UT
Received 31 Aug 2011 - Decided11/0620/PP
Erection of 2 storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
7 Birnock Avenue Renfrew PA4 0YW
Received 31 Aug 2011 - Decided11/0623/LB
Installation of shutters to shop front
Unit B 10 High Street Paisley PA1 2BS
Received 31 Aug 2011 - Decided11/0521/LB
Erection of single storey extension to rear of children's nursery
Glencoats Lodge Nursery 29 Blackstoun Road Paisley PA3 1LU
Received 19 Jul 2011 - Decided11/0583/AD
Display of illuminated fascia sign
46 Hairst Street Renfrew PA4 8QY
Received 11 Aug 2011 - Decided11/0587/PP
Change of Use from Class 3 to Class 11 Assembly & Leisure and ancillary bar/restaurant
Unit 26 Xscape King's Inch Road Renfrew PA4 8XQ
Received 12 Aug 2011 - Decided11/0580/PP
Variation and deletion of conditions attached to outline planning permission 05/1101/PP for mixed use development including classes 4, 5 and 6 business/industrial development, residential development, infrastructure improvement, landscaping and amenity sp
Land At Phoenix Park Linwood Road Paisley
Received 9 Aug 2011 - Decided11/0596/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
12 St Fillans Drive Houston Johnstone PA6 7EA
Received 16 Aug 2011 - Decided11/0461/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
4 Whitesbridge Close Paisley PA3 3BA
Received 29 Jun 2011 - Decided11/0569/PP
Erection of side extension to warehouse
5 Newmains Avenue Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9RR
Received 8 Aug 2011 - Decided11/0570/PP
Demolition of office building, use of land as vehicle parking area and erection of single storey, flat roofed modular building for staff and reception purposes
100 Inchinnan Road Paisley PA3 2RE
Received 8 Aug 2011 - Decided11/0571/PP
Erection of single storey extension and raised patio to rear of dwellinghouse
17 Wrightlands Crescent Erskine PA8 7BZ
Received 8 Aug 2011 - Decided11/0467/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side & rear of dwellinghouse
28 Strathmore Avenue Paisley PA1 3DT
Received 30 Jun 2011 - Decided11/0306/PP
Erection of 2 storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
11 Forth Place Johnstone PA5 0NY
Received 6 May 2011 - Decided11/0384/PP
Formation of dormer window to front of dwellinghouse
8 Southfield Avenue Paisley PA2 8BY
Received 6 Jun 2011 - Decided12/0167/LB
Erection of single storey extension with patio to rear of dwellinghouse, internal alterations and installation of replacement UPVC windows to all elevations.
Treeshill Golf Course Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3HN
Received 13 Mar 2012 - Decided11/0827/PP
Change of use from bookmakers to cafe (Class 3) in retrospect
34 Foxbar Road Paisley PA2 0AY
Received 6 Dec 2011 - Decided11/0826/PP
The use of site for the permanent siting of 7 no. mobile homes for use as dwelling houses.
5 East Fulton Holdings Clippens Road Linwood Paisley
Received 6 Dec 2011 - Decided11/0497/PP
Alteration to vehicular entrance to form one communal entrance between properties
88-90 Renfrew Road Paisley PA3 4BJ
Received 8 Jul 2011 - Decided11/0848/PP
Formation of pitched roof over garage to side of dwellinghouse (in retrospect)
27 Newtyle Road Paisley PA1 3JX
Received 13 Dec 2011
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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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