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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 dates32,320Searchable applications
138Recorded as pending
94%Approval rate · 29,835 approved or refused records
1,930Refused applications
27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Nov 1987 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas8 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasBoundary dataset not connected
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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
- Decided94/0528/PP
Alteration to boundary and position of houses(plots 20-25,28-41 and 47).
Strathmore Avenue/Newtyle Road Paisley
Received 20 May 1994 - Decided94/0527/PP
Alterations and change of use to form licensed restaurant.
3 Torr Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 20 May 1994 - Decided94/0526/PP
Erection of rear extension to dwelling house.
3 Fereneze Avenue Renfrew
Received 20 May 1994 - Decided94/0525/PP
Erection of extension to dwelling house.
19A Stanely Drive Paisley
Received 20 May 1994 - Decided94/0524/PP
Extension to service yard.
Earl Haig Road/Carlyle Avenue Hillington
Received 20 May 1994 - Decided94/0523/PP
Erection of a double garage.
54 Wallace Avenue Elderslie
Received 20 May 1994 - Decided94/0522/LB
Rebuilding of existing porch and redecoration of external walls
Calder Manse Church Street Lochwinnoch
Received 20 May 1994 - Decided94/0401/PP
Extension of car parking area.
Fanum House Erskine Harbour Erskine
Received 21 Apr 1994 - Decided94/0400/PP
Formation of a driveway.
9 Ladykirk Crescent Paisley
Received 21 Apr 1994 - Decided94/0399/PP
Erection of a storage building.
The Kind Mans Public House 25-27 Hairst Street Renfrew
Received 21 Apr 1994 - Decided94/0398/NA
Application for hazardous substances consent for storage of petroleum.
Rothesday Dock Clydebank
Received 14 Apr 1994 - Decided96/0586/PP
Erection of a front porch.
31 Montrose Road Paisley
Received 26 Jun 1996 - Decided94/0396/PP
Erection of detached dwelling house and attached garage at Plot 213 and temporary change of use of same to showhouse and sales office.
Glencoats Park Paisley
Received 20 Apr 1994 - Decided94/0395/PP
Erection of Veterinary Clinic.
Phoenix Business Park Linwood Road Paisley
Received 20 Apr 1994 - Decided94/0394/PP
Part change of use from domestic property to bed and breakfast premises.
Springfield Kerse Lochwinnoch
Received 20 Apr 1994 - Decided94/0795/LB
Erection of perimeter fence and erection of illuminated sign.
25 Gauze Street Paisley
Received 26 Jul 1994 - Decided94/0794/PP
Enlargement of existing car wash bay and addition of roof and full height walls
Burnbrae Drive Linwood
Received 26 Jul 1994 - Decided94/0793/PP
Installation of patio doors.
155A Sempill Avenue Erskine
Received 26 Jul 1994 - Decided94/0792/AD
Erection of two illuminated sign boards
25 Gauze Street Paisley
Received 26 Jul 1994 - Decided94/0791/AD
Erection of sign board and projecting sign.
13 High Street Paisley
Received 26 Jul 1994 - Decided94/0790/PP
Installation of shopfront.
13 High Street Paisley
Received 26 Jul 1994 - Decided94/0789/LB
Repair and refurbishment of existing bandstand and surrounds.
Houstoun Square Johnstone
Received 25 Jul 1994 - Decided94/0788/PP
Siting of residential caravan in garden ground.
1 Weaver Terrace Paisley
Received 25 Jul 1994 - Decided94/0656/PP
Erection of an extension to garage and porch.
Culag 54 Bridge Of Weir Road Brookfield
Received 20 Jun 1994
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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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