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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided94/0350/PP
Construction of an entrance to stairway.
21 Gauze Street Paisley
Received 8 Apr 1994 - Decided94/0349/PP
Erection of helicopter apron, hangar and ancillary office/ workshop.
Cartside Avenue Inchinnan Industrial Estate
Received 8 Apr 1994 - Decided03/0791/PP
Installation of replacement windows to first floor flat.
6 Melrose Avenue Linwood.
Received 27 Jun 2003 - Decided03/0873/PP
Erection of flat roof extension to north west corner of the existing Accident and Emergency Department.
Royal Alexandra Hospital Corsebar Road Paisley
Received 18 Jul 2003 - Decided03/0854/PP
Erection of a rear conservatory to dwelling house.
3 Park Top Erskine
Received 15 Jul 2003 - Decided03/0821/PP
Erection of a garage to dwelling house.
43 Bruce Road Bishopton
Received 4 Jul 2003 - Decided03/0437/AD
Display of two internally illuminated ATM surround signs.
24 High Street Paisley
Received 10 Apr 2003 - Decided03/1052/PP
Erection of single storey side extension, reconfiguration of roof to rear and erection of conservatory to the front
44 Burnside Avenue Brookfield
Received 29 Aug 2003 - Decided03/0505/LB
Display of two internally illuminated ATM surrounds signs.
24 High Street Paisley
Received 24 Apr 2003 - Decided03/0704/PP
Erection of four x 5m high twin head floodlights and erection of two illuminated bollards around car park.
Lord Lounsdale Lounsdale Road Paisley
Received 11 Jun 2003 - Decided03/0632/PP
Formation of car park and access including alterations of ground levels and erection of retaining walls.
Garden Ground 8 Oakshaw Street East Paisley
Received 27 May 2003 - Decided03/0372/AD
Display of an internally illuminated box sign above existing ATM.
63 Neilston Road Paisley
Received 28 Mar 2003 - Unknown03/1073/PP
Erection of a single storey rear extension comprising conservatory, utility room and toilet.
17 Falside Avenue Paisley
Received 8 Sept 2003 - Decided03/0928/PP
Siting of snack van for the sale of hot and cold food.
Kilpatrick Drive Erskine
Received 31 Jul 2003 - Decided03/1008/PP
Erection of rear extension and installation of rear dormer.
23 Castleview Avenue Paisley
Received 19 Aug 2003 - Decided94/0348/AD
Erection of signs.
Grahamston Road Paisley
Received 5 Apr 1994 - Decided94/0347/TC
Pruning of trees.
Adj. No. 1 Castle Terrace Bridge Of Weir
Received 5 Apr 1994 - Decided94/0346/PP
Erection of 58 dwelling houses (amendment to approved layout - 93/697/PP).
Plots 1B-3B And 26B-80B Grahamston Road Paisley
Received 7 Apr 1994 - Decided94/0345/PP
Siting of temporary sales office and associated car parking.
Grahamston Road Paisley
Received 7 Apr 1994 - Decided94/0344/PP
Erection of cattle shed with underground slurry space.
Auchans Farm Auchans Road Johnstone
Received 7 Apr 1994 - Decided93/1319/PP
Erection of a double garage.
18 Fauldswood Crescent Paisley
Received 23 Dec 1993 - Decided93/1318/RD
Erection of a neighbourhood housing office.
Netherhill Road Paisley
Received 22 Dec 1993 - Decided93/1188/PP
Erection of 5 dwelling houses (Substitution of house types).
Houston Centre Houston
Received 12 Nov 1993 - Decided93/1187/AD
Erection of four entrance signage features.
Phoenix Retail Park Linwood Road Paisley
Received 17 Nov 1993
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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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