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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 dates20,660Searchable applications
138Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 19,010 approved or refused records
966Refused applications
18,044 approved · 966 refused · 809 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided11/0417/PP
Variation of Condition 2, of planning consent 07/0526/PP, to extend opening hours from midday to 11pm.
Unit A 98 Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3NU
Received 13 Jun 2011 - Decided11/0282/PP
Erection of garage to front of dwellinghouse.
24 Thornly Park Avenue Paisley PA2 7SD
Received 28 Apr 2011 - Decided11/0328/TP
Lopping of 1 no. tree and pruning of 1 no. tree
24 Park Road Paisley PA2 6JS
Received 12 May 2011 - Decided11/0180/PP
Re-roofing of industrial unit.
109 Abercorn Street Paisley PA3 4AT
Received 25 Mar 2011 - Decided11/0327/CL
Certificate of lawfulness for use as Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) recycling centre (Class 5).
Unit 3 Sentinel Court Atholl Avenue Hillington Park Glasgow G52 4UA
Received 11 May 2011 - Decided11/0358/PP
Erection of detached garage block to rear of dwellinghouse
Ingliston House Old Greenock Road Bishopton PA7 5PA
Received 24 May 2011 - Decided12/0177/AD
Display of 3 no. fascia signs and 1 wall sign.
36 Causeyside Street Paisley PA1 1YH
Received 15 Mar 2012 - Decided11/0293/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
15 Manse Crescent Houston Johnstone PA6 7JN
Received 3 May 2011 - Decided11/0292/PP
Erection of two storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
38 Princess Crescent Paisley PA1 3SL
Received 3 May 2011 - Decided12/0371/PP
Formation of dormer windows to front and rear of dwellinghouse and external alterations
43 Fintry Avenue Paisley PA2 8DA
Received 24 May 2012 - Decided12/0242/PP
Erection of equestrian centre, temporary living accommodation on site and associated infrastructure
Site 300 Metres South Of The Holms Old Howwood Road Howwood Johnstone
Received 5 Apr 2012 - Decided12/0222/PP
Erection of extension to metallurgical research centre
Advanced Forming Research Centre 85 Inchinnan Drive Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9LJ
Received 30 Mar 2012 - Decided12/0215/PP
Formation of football pitch and associated facilities including pavilion, covered terrace and car parking.
Land At Inchinnan Road And Argyll Avenue West Lodge Road Renfrew
Received 29 Mar 2012 - Decided11/0260/AD
Display of externally illuminated individual letters, two logos and three non-illuminated signs on frontage
1 Gryffe Place Main Street Bridge Of Weir
Received 21 Apr 2011 - Decided12/0214/PP
Erection of freestanding fire training equipment (in retrospect)
Unit 2 Imperial Park 1 West Avenue Linwood Paisley PA1 2FB
Received 29 Mar 2012 - Decided11/0245/LB
Erection of double garage.
24 Thornly Park Avenue Paisley
Received 15 Apr 2011 - Decided11/0232/PP
Erection of single storey sunroom extension to side of dwellinghouse and erection of detached single garage to rear
61 Hawkhead Road Paisley PA1 3NE
Received 8 Apr 2011 - Decided11/0228/PP
Formation of pitched roof over part of building, installation of disabled access ramp to side and external alterations to funeral parlour.
4 Lady Lane Paisley PA1 2LJ
Received 6 Apr 2011 - Decided11/0052/PP
Erection of front and rear dormers to dwellinghouse
1 Barclay Avenue Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9DX
Received 1 Feb 2011 - Decided11/0201/PP
Erection of decking to side and rear of dwellinghouse
Ardskenish Bowfield Road Howwood Johnstone PA9 1BZ
Received 30 Mar 2011 - Decided11/0199/PP
Installation of 17.5m high joint operator street furniture type telecommunications tower, 1 no. equipment cabinet, 1 no. electrical meter pillar and all ancillary development
Site 50 Metres South West Of No 95 Park Gate Parkway Erskine
Received 28 Mar 2011 - Decided11/0202/PP
Realignment of drive-thru lane, creation of hard landscaped area and new customer order display units.
3 Saturn Avenue Paisley PA1 2AB
Received 31 Mar 2011 - Decided11/0170/PP
Erection of 2 storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
36 Fairfield Drive Renfrew PA4 0EG
Received 22 Mar 2011 - Decided11/0161/PP
Installation of dormer window to rear of dwellinghouse
93 Main Road Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9AZ
Received 18 Mar 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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