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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- Decided95/0550/PP
External painting of dwelling house.
4A South Street Houston
Received 2 Jun 1995 - Decided95/0548/PP
Erection of 40 dwellings and associated garaging (amended layout).
Beith Road Howwood
Received 1 Jun 1995 - Decided95/0547/PP
Change of use from railway embankment to private garden.
245 Neilston Road Paisley
Received 1 Jun 1995 - Decided96/0404/PP
Use of car park for car boot sales on Sundays.
Love Street Paisley
Received 3 May 1996 - Unknown95/0544/PP
Erection of a garage.
107 Auchmannoch Avenue Paisley
Received 31 May 1995 - Decided95/0416/PP
Erection of extension to dwelling house.
14 Maclay Avenue Kilbarchan
Received 2 May 1995 - Decided95/0415/PP
Formation of private access road, realignment of cycle path/ walkway, erection of 3m high steel palisade boundary fences and associated landscaping.
Gas Street Johnstone/ Burnbrae Road Linwood
Received 2 May 1995 - Decided95/0414/PP
Repositioning of existing garage.
65 Paisley Road Renfrew
Received 28 Apr 1995 - Decided95/0413/PP
Conversion of attic and formation of dormer windows.
Dunira West Gates Avenue Lochwinnoch
Received 19 Apr 1995 - Decided95/0412/EN
Formation of temporary staff car park.
Glasgow Airport White Cart Road Paisley
Received 27 Apr 1995 - Decided95/0411/PP
Installation of a storage unit.
Fanum House Erskine Harbour Erskine
Received 27 Apr 1995 - Decided95/0410/LB
Change of use of vacant stables and alterations to form 14 dwellings, car park and landscaping.
Former Ferguslie Stables Main Road Paisley
Received 27 Apr 1995 - Decided95/0409/PP
Change of use of vacant stables and alterations to form 14 dwellings, car park and landscaping.
Former Ferguslie Stables Main Road Paisley
Received 27 Apr 1995 - Decided95/0279/AD
Erection of illuminated pole mounted advertisement and fascia signs.
Hillington Shopping Centre Hillington Ind Est Hillington
Received 17 Mar 1995 - Decided96/0436/PP
Change of use of former shop to form paint store.
16 Espedair Street Paisley
Received 14 May 1996 - Decided95/0276/PP
Erection of a front conservatory to dwelling house.
52 Marchfield Avenue Paisley
Received 16 Mar 1995 - Decided95/0275/AD
Formation of signs.
26 Armour Place Linwood
Received 16 Mar 1995 - Decided95/0274/PP
Extension to restaurant and formation of two flats.
29 Dunlop Street Renfrew
Received 16 Mar 1995 - Decided95/0273/PP
Erection of a garage.
4 Hazelwood Avenue Paisley
Received 15 Mar 1995 - Decided95/0272/PP
Extension of planning permission for timber garage.
11 Rockwell Avenue Paisley
Received 15 Mar 1995 - Decided96/0437/PP
Installation of rear french windows.
22 Main Road Castlehead Paisley
Received 14 May 1996 - Decided95/0150/PP
Installation of security shutters.
2 Lawn Street Paisley
Received 15 Feb 1995 - Decided95/0149/AD
Display of replacement internally illuminated fascia sign and of an externally illuminated projecting sign.
14 High Street Paisley
Received 14 Feb 1995 - Decided95/0148/PP
Erection of 31 dwellings (partial amendment of Planning Consent 94/1222/PP).
Phase Iv West Freelands Erskine
Received 14 Feb 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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