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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided94/1223/AD
Erection of 4 98-sheet advertisement hoardings.
Weir Street/Renfrew Road Paisley
Received 9 Nov 1994 - Decided94/1222/PP
Erection of fifty dwelling houses.
Phase 4 West Freelands Erskine
Received 9 Nov 1994 - Decided94/1221/TP
Pruning of tree.
Adj To 16 Netherburn Gardens Houston
Received 9 Nov 1994 - Decided96/0495/PP
Erection of 67 dwellinghouses and ancillary garages, and the formation of associated roads, footways, and landscaped and play areas.
Semple View Howwood
Received 29 May 1996 - Decided94/1219/EN
Erection of helicopter hanger and associated helecopter parking
Glasgow Airport Paisley
Received 9 Nov 1994 - Decided94/1218/TP
Felling of trees.
Paisley Sheriff Court Renfrew Road Paisley
Received 8 Nov 1994 - Decided94/1217/PP
Installation of communications satellite antenna.
Safeway Houston Square Johnstone
Received 8 Nov 1994 - Decided94/1216/AD
Erection of signs.
52 Fulbar Street Renfrew
Received 8 Nov 1994 - Decided94/1076/PP
Part change of use, part demolition, alteration, refurbishment and elevational changes to form 14 dwelling flats to include vehicle access, backcourt car parking and landscaping.
42-48 Love Street Paisley
Received 4 Oct 1994 - Decided03/1445/LB
Use of wet dash render on rear elevation.
5 & 7 West Brae Paisley
Received 12 Dec 2003 - Decided08/0442/PP
Erection of single storey flat roof extension to rear of dwellinghouse
425 Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3BD
Received 22 May 2008 - Decided03/1423/LB
Insertion of intermediate floors in existing entrance vestibule to include horizontal division of east gable window.
St Vincents Priory Dennistoun Road Langbank
Received 8 Dec 2003 - Decided03/1195/PP
Erection of rear conservatory to dwelling house.
46 Wright Street Renfrew.
Received 13 Oct 2003 - Decided03/1210/PP
Erection of rear conservatory to detached dwelling house.
5 Elmbank Road Langbank.
Received 15 Oct 2003 - Decided03/1441/PP
Addition of a first floor extension above single storey garage to dwellinghouse.
Brediland Road/Gallacher Avenue Paisley
Received 11 Dec 2003 - Decided03/1214/PP
Erection of double garage with room above linked internally to existing dwellinghouse.
Auchindoun Bankend Road Bridge Of Weir.
Received 16 Oct 2003 - Decided94/1075/TC
Crown lifting and thinning of 2 No. Sycamore trees.
Barn Green Kilbarchan
Received 4 Oct 1994 - Decided94/1074/AD
Erection of signs & boards.
Moss End Largs Road Lochwinnoch
Received 4 Oct 1994 - Decided94/1072/PP
Extension and internal alterations to flight catering unit.
Campsie Drive Paisley
Received 3 Oct 1994 - Decided94/1071/TP
Felling of trees.
Burnfoot Road/River Calder Lochwinnoch
Received 3 Oct 1994 - Decided94/1070/VR
Revocation of condition on planning consent PRW/88/8 to extend opening hours.
Unit 1 Thornbrae Johnstone
Received 3 Oct 1994 - Decided94/1069/PP
Erection of roof mounted steel platform and relocation of existing evaporative condensers.
Falside Road Paisley
Received 3 Oct 1994 - Decided94/1068/PP
Extension of permission for siting of portable offices.
63 Murray Street Paisley
Received 30 Sept 1994 - Decided94/0940/PP
Installation of double glazed windows.
27 Windsor Crescent Paisley
Received 31 Aug 1994
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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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