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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided01/0841/PP
Change of use of vacant joiners workshop to furniture auction sales hall.
Unit 6 Stuart Industrial Estate Napier Street Linwood
Received 15 Aug 2001 - Decided01/0840/PP
Erection of front porch to dwelling house.
30 Burnside Road Elderslie
Received 15 Aug 2001 - Decided01/0839/PP
Erection of garage.
22 Carsewood Avenue Howwood
Received 14 Aug 2001 - Decided01/0838/PP
Erection of side extension to dwelling house.
55 Gryffebank Avenue Houston
Received 13 Aug 2001 - Decided02/0295/PP
Erection of a timber fence.
19 Locher Gardens Houston
Received 27 Mar 2002 - Decided02/0294/PP
Installion of patio doors and velux window.
23 Balgonie Avenue Paisley
Received 26 Mar 2002 - Decided02/0685/PP
Erection of a rear extension and front porch to dwelling house.
94 Hazelwood Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 2 Jul 2002 - Decided02/0684/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
36 Nethergreen Wynd Renfrew
Received 1 Jul 2002 - Decided02/0683/PP
Erection of a single storey side/rear garage extension.
17 Bemersyde Road Paisley
Received 1 Jul 2002 - Decided02/0681/PP
Change of use of dwellinghouse to offices and erection of warehouse extension to existing factory.
22 Walkinshaw Street Johnstone
Received 1 Jul 2002 - Decided02/0680/PP
Erection of a rear conservatory to dwelling house.
137 Turnhill Drive Erskine
Received 1 Jul 2002 - Decided03/0125/PP
Erection of new car showroom and outdoor display area with customer parking areas.
Phoenix Business Park Griffin Avenue Paisley
Received 5 Feb 2003 - Decided05/1326/PP
Substitution of house types on all plots (part amendment to 02/1357/PP).
Land At Osprey Road And Osprey Crescent Gockston Road Paisley
Received 25 Nov 2005 - Decided06/0104/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwelling house.
42 Cyprus Avenue Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9NB
Received 6 Feb 2006 - Decided02/0783/PP
Erection of hay store.
Jeffreystock Farm Lochwinnoch
Received 24 Jul 2002 - Decided02/0782/PP
Erect conservatory at rear of property.
8 Ben Venue Way Paisley
Received 24 Jul 2002 - Decided02/0780/PP
Erection of conservatory to rear of dwelling house.
15 Brierie Hill Court Crosslee
Received 24 Jul 2002 - Decided02/0779/PP
Formation of front driveway (in retrospect).
17 Whitehaugh Drive Paisley
Received 24 Jul 2002 - Decided02/0778/VR
Modify Condition 2 of planning permission 96/443/PP to allow extension of temporary consent for cattery building until 1st August, 2016.
Lochermill Crosslee Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 23 Jul 2002 - Decided02/0776/PP
Erection of a rear conservatory to dwelling house.
4 Parkhill Drive Lochwinnoch
Received 23 Jul 2002 - Decided02/0774/PP
Demolish existing toilet block and erection of replacement toilet block.
Colinslee Works Neilston Road Paisley
Received 22 Jul 2002 - Decided02/0773/PP
Erection of a garage.
14 Viewfield Avenue Lochwinnoch
Received 22 Jul 2002 - Decided01/0630/PP
Erection of a conservatory to rear of dwelling house.
111 Sempill Avenue Erskine
Received 20 Jun 2001 - Decided01/0629/PP
(A)Change of use from shop to Class 2 office, and (B)Change of use from shop to Class 4 office.
8 Silk Street Paisley
Received 20 Jun 2001
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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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