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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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
- Decided93/0637/LB
Installation of double glazed windows.
33 Causeyside Street Paisley
Received 24 Jun 1993 - Decided96/0717/TP
Proposed felling of two elm trees.
Houston Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 29 Jul 1996 - Decided93/0634/AD
Erection of a fascia sign.
18A High Street Paisley
Received 24 Jun 1993 - Decided93/0633/PP
Formation of patio doors.
61 Lochinver Crescent Paisley
Received 24 Jun 1993 - Decided93/0632/PP
Erection of a rear extension and side garage to dwelling house.
27 Libo Place Erskine
Received 23 Jun 1993 - Decided93/0496/PP
Erection of a rear extension and front porch to dwelling house.
Venacher Calderhaugh Lane Lochwinnoch
Received 18 May 1993 - Decided93/0495/PP
Installation of velux roof windows.
11 Rock Drive Kilbarchan
Received 18 May 1993 - Decided93/0494/PP
Erection of rear extension to dwelling house.
6 Kaimihill Crosslee Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 18 May 1993 - Decided93/0493/PP
Erection of dwelling house.
35 Potterhill Avenue Paisley
Received 18 May 1993 - Decided93/0492/PP
Approval of reserved matters for 2no. Bungalows.
West Craigends Erskine
Received 18 May 1993 - Decided93/0491/PP
Erection of a dwelling house.
Plot 4 Park Mains Erskine
Received 17 May 1993 - Decided96/0732/PP
Conversion of outbuildings to form a dwelling house.
Langstilly Farm Lochwinnoch
Received 6 Aug 1996 - Decided93/0489/AD
Erection of 3 no. fascia signboards and 4 no. flagpoles.
The Phoenix Business Park Linwood Road Paisley
Received 17 May 1993 - Decided93/0488/PP
Erection of extension to snack bar.
Block F George Street Paisley
Received 17 May 1993 - Decided96/0754/PP
Removal of play equipment to form open space.
Castleview Avenue Stanely Green Estate Paisley
Received 12 Aug 1996 - Decided03/0444/TP
Crown Lifting and Crown Thinning of 1 Lime tree.
Front Garden 32 Hazel Avenue Johnstone
Received 10 Apr 2003 - Decided02/0547/PP
Erection of spray paint flue/filter at motor vehicle garage.
Hamilton Bros (Engineering) Ltd Greenock Road Bishopton
Received 30 May 2002 - Decided03/0766/PP
Erection of a single storey extension to rear of dwelling house.
25 Quarry Road Paisley
Received 23 Jun 2003 - Unknown03/0643/PP
Erection of rear conservatory.
111 Donaldswood Park Paisley
Received 28 May 2003 - Decided03/0832/PP
Amendment to layout through deletion of footpath for use as landscaped/open space area and to form extension to industrial site.
Church Street Lochwinnoch
Received 8 Jul 2003 - Decided96/1143/PP
Erection of two storey rear extension.
3 Strathdon Avenue Paisley
Received 11 Dec 1996 - Decided93/0353/PP
Change of use from vacant shop premises to form health/beauty/ hairdressing premises.
60 Old Sneddon Street Paisley
Received 8 Apr 1993 - Decided93/0352/PP
Alterations to dwelling house.
36 Auchmannoch Avenue Paisley
Received 8 Apr 1993 - Decided93/0351/PP
Erection of 1st floor extension to dwelling house.
3 Glendenton Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 7 Apr 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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