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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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
- Decided95/1188/PP
Erection of a conservatory.
26 Cameron Avenue Bishopton
Received 6 Dec 1995 - Decided95/1187/PP
Extension of riverside walkway.
Gateway International Business Park Inchinnan Road Paisley
Received 6 Dec 1995 - Decided97/0017/TC
Crown thinning of 1 no. ash tree.
East Brannochlie Prieston Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 14 Jan 1997 - Decided97/0015/AD
Erection of two non-illuminated free standing signboards.
Paisley Road Renfrew
Received 13 Jan 1997 - Decided97/0014/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension to dwelling house.
5 Lochy Place Erskine
Received 13 Jan 1997 - Decided97/0013/PP
Proposed free standing single garage.
26 Fauldshead Road Renfrew
Received 13 Jan 1997 - Decided97/0012/PP
Erection of restaurant/public house and hotel, associated play area, car parking, landscaping and access works.
Phoenix Retail Park Pegasus Avenue/Griffin Avenue Paisley
Received 13 Jan 1997 - Decided97/0011/PP
Installation of new shopfront.
12 Moss Street Paisley
Received 13 Jan 1997 - Decided97/0010/PP
Installation of windows to front of property.
Flat 1 9 Main Street Lochwinnoch
Received 13 Jan 1997 - Decided97/0009/PP
Erection of a Dwelling.
Adj. 59 Hawkhead Road Paisley
Received 13 Jan 1997 - Decided96/0185/PP
Development of a leisure park including a 14 screen, 3800 seat multiscreen cinema with associated carpark.
The Phoenix Linwood Road Paisley
Received 29 Feb 1996 - Decided96/0184/PP
Erection of a detached villa with attached garage.
Plot 3 Flures Place Erskine
Received 29 Feb 1996 - Decided96/0183/PP
Erection of a storage shed.
385 Hillington Road Renfrew
Received 29 Feb 1996 - Decided96/0301/PP
Erection of a single storey side extension to dwelling house.
23 Netherburn Avenue Houston
Received 26 Mar 1996 - Decided96/0181/PP
Erection of a two storey extension over existing garage.
43 Greenways Court Paisley
Received 29 Feb 1996 - Decided96/0180/PP
Installation of replacement double glazed windows.
12 Walkinshaw Street Johnstone
Received 29 Feb 1996 - Decided96/0179/PP
Erection of rear extension to dwelling.
5 Craigielea Road Renfrew
Received 28 Feb 1996 - Decided96/0178/PP
Erection of rear extension and 2m high rear boundary walls and gates.
16 Merlinford Crescent Renfrew
Received 28 Feb 1996 - Decided96/0177/NA
Erection of a residential accommodation related to private hospital (patients relatives and hospital staff)
Agamemnon Street/Cable Depot Road Clydebank
Received 27 Feb 1996 - Decided96/0046/RD
Extension to cemetery.
Kilbarchan Cemetery Bridge Of Weir Road Kilbarchan
Received 19 Jan 1996 - Decided96/0045/PP
Formation of dormer and velux windows.
27 Kinloch Road Renfrew
Received 19 Jan 1996 - Decided96/0044/PP
Extension to clubhouse.
Spateston Bowling Club Spateston Road Johnstone
Received 19 Jan 1996 - Decided96/0043/PP
Change of use from shop to form sandwich bar.
31A Gauze Street Paisley
Received 19 Jan 1996 - Decided97/0079/NA
Agricultural building to storage and distribution of hydraulic components and workshop.
Finlaystone Langbank
Received 4 Feb 1997
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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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