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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided99/0738/AD
Provision of illuminated car park signage.
Braehead Kings Inch Road Renfrew
Received 29 Jul 1999 - Decided99/0737/PP
Erection of hotel, restaurant, conference facility and leisure centre.
Terminal Building Glasgow Airport Caledonia Way Paisley
Received 29 Jul 1999 - Decided99/0736/VR
Variation of condition No.3 (99/290/PP) to install up and over garage door instead of side hung timber doors.
Ingleneuk South Street Houston
Received 29 Jul 1999 - Decided99/0735/PP
Erection of a garage and boundary wall.
63 Cochranemill Road Johnstone
Received 28 Jul 1999 - Decided99/0734/PP
Change of use from office accomodation to Music School.
First Floor 3 East Lane Paisley
Received 28 Jul 1999 - Decided99/0732/PP
Change of use, conversion and extension of former stables/ stores to form dwelling house.
Hillside Johnshill Lochwinnoch
Received 28 Jul 1999 - Decided99/0608/PP
Erection of a detached garage.
3 Rooksdell Avenue Paisley
Received 23 Jun 1999 - Decided96/1127/AD
Erection of fascia sign with letters illuminated individually and internally illuminated projecting box sign.
11 Canal Street Renfrew
Received 5 Dec 1996 - Decided99/0607/PP
Erection of a rear conservatory to dwelling house.
19 Parksail Erskine
Received 23 Jun 1999 - Decided99/0606/PP
Erection of a single dwelling house.
Gledburn Houston Road Langbank
Received 23 Jun 1999 - Decided99/0605/TP
Lopping of 2 trees.
2 Cedar Avenue Johnstone
Received 23 Jun 1999 - Decided99/0604/TP
Pruning of one tree and crown thinning of one tree.
46 Hawthorn Avenue Johnstone
Received 23 Jun 1999 - Decided99/0603/PP
Conversion of double garage to living accomodation, and erection of a porch to rear entrance.
Broadfield Cottage Howwood
Received 22 Jun 1999 - Decided99/0602/PP
Erection of a conservatory.
1 Findhorn Avenue Renfrew
Received 22 Jun 1999 - Decided99/0601/PP
Erection of a garage.
38 Brediland Road Linwood
Received 22 Jun 1999 - Decided99/0600/TP
Felling of two trees.
41 Crawford Road Houston
Received 22 Jun 1999 - Decided99/0475/PP
Formation of parking area to front garden.
11 Mansion House Road Paisley
Received 20 May 1999 - Decided99/0474/PP
Proposed rear extension to dwelling house, erection of stables and workshop and change of use of part of agricultural field to private garden.
East Burnthills Lochwinnoch
Received 20 May 1999 - Decided99/0731/PP
Change of use to form Put and Take fishing operation, car parking with new vehicular access with associated landscaping and erection of temporary portacabin.
Thornley Dam Glenfield Road Paisley
Received 28 Jul 1999 - Decided99/0730/PP
Erection of a two storey extension and conservatory to side of dwellinghouse.
21 Strathgryffe Crescent Bridge Of Weir
Received 27 Jul 1999 - Decided99/0729/PP
Erection of replacement garage.
16 Linnwell Crescent Paisley
Received 26 Jul 1999 - Decided99/0728/TP
Uprooting, lopping and pruning of trees.
Glynhill Hotel Paisley Road Renfrew
Received 26 Jul 1999 - Decided99/0727/TP
Felling of one tree.
16 Cherry Place Johnstone
Received 23 Jul 1999 - Decided99/0726/PP
Change of use from shop to tanning salon. (In Retrospect)
40 Macdowall Street Johnstone
Received 23 Jul 1999
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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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