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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided94/0583/PP
Erection of 16 dwelling houses(substitution of approved layout)
Foxbar Road Paisley
Received 3 Jun 1994 - Decided96/0571/PP
Erection of workshop, muster and store accommodation.
Kings Inch Road Renfrew
Received 20 Jun 1996 - Decided94/0460/PP
Erection of a 1.5 storey rear extension to dwelling house.
22 Jedburgh Drive Paisley
Received 6 May 1994 - Decided94/0459/GD
Change of use of shop to office.
Unit 5 William Street Johnstone
Received 6 May 1994 - Decided94/0457/PP
Conversion of attic to living accommodation and installation of velux roof windows to front and rear elevations.
20 Hagg Crescent Johnstone
Received 5 May 1994 - Decided94/0456/VR
Amendment to the wording and provisions of condition 7 of application 93/1332/PP.
Ferguslie/Fulbar Road Paisley
Received 5 May 1994 - Decided94/0455/PP
Extension to car parking.
Arkleston Road Renfrew
Received 5 May 1994 - Decided94/0454/PP
Erection of a dwelling house.
Pannell Farm Bridge Of Weir
Received 5 May 1994 - Decided94/0453/PP
Installation of replacement double glazed windows and doors.
4 Four Windings Houston
Received 5 May 1994 - Decided94/0452/PP
Use of premises for storage of buses.
65 Back Sneddon Street Paisley
Received 4 May 1994 - Decided94/0854/PP
Change of use of agricultural ironmongers to vehicle repair workshop.
93 Glenfield Road Paisley
Received 9 Aug 1994 - Decided96/0544/PP
Erection of a two storey side extension.
18 Park Avenue Paisley
Received 13 Jun 1996 - Decided94/0852/PP
Erection of rear extension to dwelling house.
4 Hawick Avenue Paisley
Received 9 Aug 1994 - Decided94/0851/PP
Erection of rear extension to dwelling house.
53 Spinners Gardens Paisley
Received 9 Aug 1994 - Decided94/0850/AD
Erection of two illuminated sign boards.
Glasgow Airport Paisley
Received 9 Aug 1994 - Decided05/0267/PP
Conversion of existing garage into living accomodation, and erection of two storey side extension to dwelling house.
1 Stable Grove Paisley PA1 2DR
Received 14 Mar 2005 - Decided03/1002/PP
Construction of light industrial/business park with associated servicing area and car parking and access road works onto Kerr Street to form site access.
Underwood Road/Stoney Brae/Kerr Street Paisley
Received 19 Aug 2003 - Decided03/1030/LB
Alterations of two entrance doors to Smithhill Street with internal alterations to form a disabled toilet.
Methodist Central Halls Gauze Street Paisley
Received 26 Aug 2003 - Decided03/1180/TP
Lopping of 2 branches from Beech Tree.
27 Ballater Drive Inchinnan
Received 8 Oct 2003 - Decided03/0884/PP
Insertion of dormer to front roofscape and double dormer window to rear roofscape.
369 Glasgow Road Paisley
Received 22 Jul 2003 - Decided03/0865/PP
Formation of vehicular access and hardstanding together with access gates and railings.
80 Kelburne Oval Paisley
Received 17 Jul 2003 - Decided03/0938/TP
Crown thinning of one Lime tree
Front Garden Of 46 Hawthorn Avenue Johnstone
Received 31 Jul 2003 - Decided03/0937/TP
Crown thinning of one lime tree.
Front Of Flats At 95 Elm Drive Johnstone
Received 31 Jul 2003 - Decided03/0998/TP
Felling of one tree and crown lifting of two trees.
24 Leeburn Avenue Houston
Received 18 Aug 2003
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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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