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Planning permission is needed for the development of new buildings and for major changes to existing buildings or to the local environment.

The council's Development Management section deals with all enquiries and applications for planning permission in Renfrewshire. The section also deals with applications for listed building consent and other types of permission, for example, the display of advertisements and the use of hazardous substances.

We can also provide pre-application advice free of charge.

On 6 February 2012 new Permitted Development rights for householder developments came into force. This means that some work which previously required planning permission may now be undertaken without the need for planning approval.

The new permitted development rights can be viewed at The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2011.

In this section, you can find information about:

If you are concerned about development which has taken place without planning permission and would like the council to investigate it, you should contact the development management enforcement team using the contact details at the bottom of this page. The below charter explains how this enforcement process works:

Adobe Acrobat PDF iconPlanning Enforcement Charter (pdf 575KB)

This document can also be inspected at our Customer Service Centre and in our public libraries.

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