Planning appeals and review bodies

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This page explains how to lodge an appeal if you are unhappy with the way your application has been dealt with. You can appeal if your application has been refused, you want to challenge one or more of ther conditions made in your consent notice, or you didn't get a decision before the two month deadline passed.

There are two types of appeal:

• Where a planning application is refused by the planning board, you can appeal to the Scottish Ministers. The relevant forms and guidance for doing this can be found on the Scottish Government website.
• Where a planning application is refused by planning officers, you can appeal to a local review body made up of five Renfrewshire councillors. This body meets in public and decides how notices of review should be dealt with. You can find more information about this process below.

How to appeal to a local review body

To make an appeal to a local review body, you must complete a 'notice of review' form within three months of the date you received your planning decision notice. If you didn't get a decision before the two month deadline, your form should be submitted within three months of this deadline date.

Here you can download the notice of review as a MS Word or pdf document along with guidance on the process.

Notice of Review (pdf - 293KB)
Notice of Review (MS Word - 79KB)
Notice of Review - Guidance Notes (pdf - 38KB)

You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the pdf documents. Download Acrobat Reader here.

You should send your completed notice of review and any supporting documents by email or post using the contact details at the bottom of this page.

The applicant and any interested parties will be kept aware of their notice of review's progress while it is being considered.

Reviews in progress and completed

Use these links to view the notices currently being considered and the previous decisions made by the local review body:

• Current Notices of Review
• Determined Notices of Review

Contact us

Find out more about these procedures by contacting our committee services team:

• email: lrb-planning.cs@renfrewshire.gov.uk
• phone: 0141 840 3263/3595
• visit or write to us at:
  Head of Legal and Democratic Services
  Finance and Corporate Services
  Renfrewshire House
  Cotton Street
  Paisley
  PA1 1TR