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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided93/0502/PP
Erection of a dwelling house.
Ashburn Guest House Milliken Park Road Kilbarchan
Received 20 May 1993 - Decided93/0501/TC
Felling of one tree.
Glendentan Gryffe Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 19 May 1993 - Decided93/0500/PP
Erection of rear dormer to dwelling house.
51 Broadloan Renfrew
Received 19 May 1993 - Decided93/0499/PP
Erection of rear extension to dwelling house.
93 High Street Lochwinnoch
Received 19 May 1993 - Decided93/0498/AD
Erection of an advertisement hoarding.
Glasgow Airport Eastlink Road Paisley
Received 19 May 1993 - Decided93/0497/PP
Alterations and extension to dwelling house.
Dunstan Johnshill Lochwinnoch
Received 19 May 1993 - Decided93/0362/PP
Formation of a new shopfront and installation of roller shutter/screen.
60/62 Neilston Road Paisley
Received 13 Apr 1993 - Decided93/0361/AD
Erection of 2 signboards.
Phoenix Retail Park Linwood Road Paisley
Received 13 Apr 1993 - Decided93/0360/LB
Alterations and extension to premises.
Gryffe Inn Main Street Bridge Of Weir
Received 13 Apr 1993 - Decided93/0359/PP
Erection of a restaurant with associated car parking.
Kelvin Avenue Hillington
Received 13 Apr 1993 - Decided93/0358/PP
Alterations and extension of premises.
Gryffe Inn Main Street Bridge Of Weir
Received 13 Apr 1993 - Decided93/0357/PP
Erection of a conservatory to the rear of dwelling house.
19 Acacia Drive Paisley
Received 13 Apr 1993 - Decided93/0381/PP
Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of a new dwelling.
1 Thornwood Drive Bridge Of Weir
Received 16 Apr 1993 - Decided96/0753/PP
Erection of a conservatory to the rear of dwelling house.
6 South Mound Houston
Received 12 Aug 1996 - Decided93/0355/TC
Lopping of one tree and pruning of three trees.
West Manse Main Street Houston
Received 8 Apr 1993 - Decided93/0218/PP
Substitution of 23 house types.
Phase 3 Nethercraigs Road Paisley
Received 8 Mar 1993 - Decided93/0217/CL
Use of site and premises for hydrocarbon recovery and chemical manufacture.
60 Murray Street Paisley
Received 5 Mar 1993 - Decided93/0216/PP
Alteration and extension to dwellinghouse.
43 Dalhousie Road Kilbarchan
Received 5 Mar 1993 - Decided93/0215/PP
Erection of a retail training centre and store with associated car parking and service yard.
Hillington Road Hillington
Received 5 Mar 1993 - Decided93/0212/PP
Change of use from Haulage Contractors Yard to Taxi office, car sales compound, ancillary vehicle repairs, erection of Radio Mast and upgrading of Boundary Fence and erection of 2 portable buildings.
Bridgend Compound Bridge Street Linwood
Received 5 Mar 1993 - Decided93/0211/PP
Use of premises for storage and repair of buses, siting of portable building for associated office use in retrospect.
65 Back Sneddon Street Paisley
Received 5 Mar 1993 - Decided93/0640/PP
Erection of a rear dormer extension to dwelling house.
22 Rossland Crescent Bishopton
Received 25 Jun 1993 - Decided93/0639/NA
Vary planning permission to amend finishing levels of infill.
Knowes Farm (Phase III) Beith
Received 23 Jun 1993 - Decided93/0638/PP
Erection of a conservatory to the rear of dwelling house.
25 Cormorant Avenue Houston
Received 24 Jun 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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