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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided94/0251/TC
Pruning and topping of trees.
"Dilkhusha" Ranfurly Place Bridge Of Weir
Received 16 Mar 1994 - Decided94/0250/PP
Extension of permission for siting of portacabin.
St Josephs Nursing Home Largs Road Lochwinnoch
Received 16 Mar 1994 - Decided94/0249/PP
Installation of new shopfront.
12A High Street Paisley
Received 16 Mar 1994 - Decided94/0248/PP
Erection of a two storey side extension to dwelling house.
10 Moss Drive Erskine
Received 15 Mar 1994 - Decided96/0601/PP
Change of use from class 4 office/light industry to class 3 food and drink.
63/65 Ferry Road Renfrew
Received 1 Jul 1996 - Decided94/0246/PP
Alterations and change of use of storage area within hot food take-away to form licensed restaurant.
46 High Street/2 Orr Square Paisley
Received 15 Mar 1994 - Decided94/0118/PP
Erection of nitrocellulose slurry house.
Royal Ordnance Station Road Bishopton
Received 14 Feb 1994 - Decided94/0117/TC
Pruning of trees.
Greenlaw Parish Church 6 Greenlaw Avenue Paisley
Received 11 Feb 1994 - Decided94/0116/LB
Alterations to form new entrance and to convert the roofspace
Building No.10 Seedhill Paisley
Received 11 Feb 1994 - Decided94/0115/PP
Alteration of attic to form additional office and formation of new main entrance.
Building No.10 Seedhill Paisley
Received 11 Feb 1994 - Decided94/0114/AD
Erection of fascia sign.
48 High Street Johnstone
Received 11 Feb 1994 - Decided94/0111/PP
Alteration to ground floor flat.
5 High Calside Paisley
Received 10 Feb 1994 - Decided96/0617/TP
Uprooting of a tree.
21 Viking Crescent Houston
Received 4 Jul 1996 - Decided94/0109/PP
Alterations to provide amended accommodation and connecting corridor.
10 Maxwelton Street Paisley
Received 10 Feb 1994 - Decided94/0108/PP
Change of use of vacant card shop to form office.
84 Neilston Road Paisley
Received 10 Feb 1994 - Decided93/1308/PP
Erection of a rear conservatory to dwelling house.
71 Spencer Drive Paisley
Received 20 Dec 1993 - Decided93/1307/PP
Erection of bedroom extension to hotel.
Rockfield Hotel 125 Renfrew Road Paisley
Received 20 Dec 1993 - Decided96/0638/LB
Alterations to front entrance, repairs to existing stone & windows and new entrance to Forbes Place.
Dunn Square/1 Causeyside Street Paisley
Received 9 Jul 1996 - Decided93/1305/PP
Erection of a rear conservatory to dwelling house.
31 Wright Street Renfrew
Received 20 Dec 1993 - Decided93/1304/PP
Erection of a side extension to dwelling house.
18 Redhurst Crescent Paisley
Received 20 Dec 1993 - Decided93/1303/PP
Formation of car park.
Clark Street/Greenhill Road Paisley
Received 20 Dec 1993 - Decided93/1302/PP
Erection of a garage.
524 Ritchie Park Johnstone
Received 20 Dec 1993 - Decided93/1301/LB
Erection of a sign above the entrance door.
Paisley Arts Centre New Street Paisley
Received 20 Dec 1993 - Decided94/0374/PP
Formation of pitched roof.
2 Hagart Road Houston
Received 15 Apr 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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