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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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.
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- Decided96/0195/AD
Installation of illuminated fascia sign.
Linwood Road Paisley
Received 4 Mar 1996 - Decided95/0632/PP
Alteration, by addition of ground to plot areas.
Main Road Langbank
Received 22 Jun 1995 - Decided95/0631/RD
Alterations and extension to existing office.
Renfrew Cross Neighbourhood Office Renfield Street Renfrew
Received 21 Jun 1995 - Decided95/1047/PP
Installation of replacment windows.
Flats 1/L & 2/L Seedhill Road Paisley
Received 27 Oct 1995 - Decided95/1046/PP
Change of Use from domestic garage to use for storage of an ice-cream van.
18 Ben More Drive Paisley
Received 27 Oct 1995 - Decided95/1033/PP
Erection of non-food retail warehouse development and formation of new access road.
Abbotsinch Retail Park Renfrew Road Paisley
Received 25 Oct 1995 - Decided95/1032/AD
Erection of signs to shopping centre including 1 no. name sign comprising individually illuminated letters and 3 illuminated logo signs.
Piazza Shopping Centre Gauze Street Paisley
Received 23 Oct 1995 - Decided95/1031/LB
Installation of replacement timber windows.
South Fairhills Lochwinnoch
Received 23 Oct 1995 - Decided95/0902/TC
Felling and lopping of trees.
Bog Park Kilbarchan
Received 11 Sept 1995 - Decided95/0900/PP
Erection of 61 dwellings and formation of associated roads and footpaths.
Moss Road Linwood
Received 8 Sept 1995 - Decided95/0899/PP
Change of use of land from public open space to private garden.
31 Afton Drive Renfrew
Received 8 Sept 1995 - Decided95/0898/TC
Felling of one tree.
Horticultural Garden Ewing Street Kilbarchan
Received 8 Sept 1995 - Decided95/0897/PP
Erection of a garage.
Land To Rear Of Mackenzie Drive Kilbarchan
Received 8 Sept 1995 - Decided95/0896/PP
Alteration to existing Gatehouse and formation of new boundary wall.
Renfrew Road Paisley
Received 8 Sept 1995 - Decided95/0895/PP
Erection of side extension to dwelling house.
Monkrigg 8 Watt Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 8 Sept 1995 - Decided95/0894/PP
Erection of extension to dwelling house.
15 Braemar Road Inchinnan
Received 8 Sept 1995 - Decided04/0118/PP
Construction of conservatory extension to rear of existing dwelling house.
49 Ranfurly Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 6 Feb 2004 - Decided04/0052/PP
Change of use from Retail to Class 2.
21 Stoddard Square Elderslie
Received 21 Jan 2004 - Decided04/0284/PP
Change of use from shop and bakery to mixed use for tea room and shop with ancillary hot food facility.
59 Neilston Road Paisley
Received 15 Mar 2004 - Decided04/0174/PP
Erection of first floor extension to dwelling house.
2 Rock Drive Kilbarchan
Received 19 Feb 2004 - Decided95/0711/PP
Change of use of shop to hot food take away.
10 Paisley Road Renfrew
Received 12 Jul 1995 - Decided96/0386/AD
Proposed double sided free standing sign with internally lit logo on an opaque background.
Chitton House Pegasus Avenue Phoenix Business Park Linwood
Received 29 Apr 1996 - Decided95/0709/PP
Change of use of shops to offices and meeting rooms.
16 Silk Street Paisley
Received 12 Jul 1995 - Decided95/0708/PP
Erection of a rear extension to dwelling house.
Brymhwell 8 Ludovic Square Johnstone
Received 12 Jul 1995
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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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