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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 dates27,943Searchable applications
137Recorded as pending
94%Approval rate · 25,722 approved or refused records
1,613Refused applications
24,109 approved · 1,613 refused · 1,221 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Nov 1987 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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Erection of a single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
4 Fairfield Drive Renfrew PA4 0EG
Received 2 Oct 2008 - Decided09/0057/PP
Alterations to shop frontage
19 Moss Street Paisley PA1 1BE
Received 4 Feb 2009 - Decided09/0056/PP
Erection of conservatory to rear of dwellinghouse
5 Chisholm Avenue Bishopton PA7 5LH
Received 4 Feb 2009 - Decided09/0279/PP
Conversion of detached garage to form habitable space and attachment of garage to dwellinghouse
23 Millfield View Erskine PA8 6HE
Received 1 May 2009 - Decided08/0769/TP
High canopy lift of sycamore tree.
30 Loanhead Road Linwood Paisley PA3 3QN
Received 3 Sept 2008 - Decided08/1061/PP
Bricking up of one window, reduce aperture on other two windows. Reduce door opening to double door size. Install roller shutters / fit new windows to industrial unit (Retrospective).
1 Lister Place Hillington Park Glasgow G52 4HZ
Received 1 Dec 2008 - Decided09/0078/PP
Erection of lean-to conservatory to rear of dwellinghouse
97 Strathcarron Drive Paisley PA2 7AW
Received 16 Feb 2009 - Decided09/0038/LB
Installation of glazed entrance screen and doors to entrance of hotel
Mar Hall Mar Hall Drive Bishopton PA7 5NW
Received 28 Jan 2009 - Decided09/0039/PP
Installation of timber sash & case windows to front and UPVC windows to rear of dwelling house.
10 Meadside Road Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2NA
Received 28 Jan 2009 - Decided08/1038/PP
Renewal / repair of existing slates, leadwork, gutters, downpipes, flat roofs and walkways. Replacement of rooflights and repair / rendering of gables and parapets.
Paisley Grammar School Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3RR
Received 26 Nov 2008 - Decided09/0217/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse and porch to front elevation
1 Banchory Avenue Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9PT
Received 9 Apr 2009 - Decided08/1054/PP
Change of use from day care centre (class 10) to 4-bed residential care unit (class 8)
Lochwinnoch Day Centre Kilbirnie Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4JD
Received 28 Nov 2008 - Decided08/0996/AD
Erection of freestanding public information pillar
Site 5 Metres South Of No 20 High Street Paisley
Received 12 Nov 2008 - Decided08/1057/PP
Erection of petrol filling station with associated access and landscaping
1 Wallneuk Road Paisley PA3 4BT
Received 28 Nov 2008 - Decided08/1119/AD
Display of part illuminated fascia sign.
5 Penilee Road Paisley PA1 3ES
Received 24 Dec 2008 - Decided08/1118/PP
Erection of extensions and lean-to roof to side of dwellinghouse.
3 Millfield Crescent Erskine PA8 6JE
Received 23 Dec 2008 - Decided08/1049/PP
Erection of single storey extension and decking to rear of dwellinghouse
152 Polsons Crescent Paisley PA2 6AX
Received 27 Nov 2008 - Decided08/0837/PP
First floor extension to side of dwelling house.
4 Limeview Way Paisley PA2 8NA
Received 22 Sept 2008 - Decided08/0925/LB
Change of use of offices to 6 flats comprising the installation of internal partitions, new internal openings and refurbishment of existing windows.(NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT)
18 High Street Paisley
Received 20 Oct 2008 - Decided09/0723/PP
Erection of a conservatory to rear of dwellinghouse
9 Barrcraig Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3HG
Received 9 Oct 2009 - Decided08/0979/PP
Erection of 2 storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
30 St Andrews Drive Bridge Of Weir PA11 3HT
Received 6 Nov 2008 - Decided08/1083/PP
Erection of first floor extension to rear of dwellinghouse over existing single storey extension
15 Gala Avenue Renfrew PA4 0UH
Received 10 Dec 2008 - Decided08/0993/PP
Erection of 2 single storey extensions to rear of dwellinghouse
148 Greenock Road Paisley PA3 2LQ
Received 12 Nov 2008 - Decided08/1070/PP
Formation of two rear dormers within roofspace of dwellinghouse
30 Crookhill Gardens Lochwinnoch PA12 4BB
Received 2 Dec 2008
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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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