Records

View a list of recent building warrant applications

View a list of building warrant applications

You can view a list of recent building warrant applications that have been submitted in Renfrewshire.

This will show you an application’s important information, including:

• reference number
• data valid
• description
• address
• applicant
• agent
• value of work.

Search the building standards register

Search the building standards register

If you're looking for an older application, you can search for any building warrant application and other associated applications in Renfrewshire using a few different methods, depending on how much information you have.

Simple search

Use this option to search if you already know an application’s:

• reference number (shown on any correspondence we’ve sent related to an application)
• postcode
• address.

Advanced search

Use this option to search by more specific information, including:

• the applicant’s details
• status of the application and any appeals
• important dates throughout the application’s progress
• and more.

This option also allows you to search more generally. For example, if you want to know what applications have been submitted in a particular area over a period, you can select Ward from the drop-down list and enter the date range you’re interested in. This will show you all the applications submitted in that specific area within that date range.

Map search

Use this option to search for applications on an interactive map.

Using the Zoom in and Zoom out tool will highlight any properties which have planning applications in that area. Using the Change what you see on the map tool allows you to filter by date rate and application type.

2024 to 2025

2023 to 2024

2022 to 2023

2021 to 2022

2020 to 2021

Annual accounts and audit reports

The annual accounts are overview of our performance during each financial year.

The audit reports are an annual external audit of the financial statements and the wider-scope and Best Value audit responsibilities set out in the Code of Audit Practice (Audit Scotland website).

You can download and read the annual accounts and audit reports below for 

• Renfrewshire Council 
• Coats Observatory Trust
• the Common Good Fund.

Coats Observatory Trust Fund

Renfrewshire Council acts as sole trustee for the Coats Observatory Trust Fund which has charitable status and is registered with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR).

The Council administers the trust fund and separately accounts for it.

The Trust Accounts do not form part of Renfrewshire Council’s single entity balance sheet. However, the Trust Fund accounts are included within the group accounts of the Council.

Common Good Funds

The Council acts as sole trustee for the Common Good Funds, which currently have charitable status and are registered with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR):

• SC019478 Paisley Common Good Fund
• SC019479 Renfrew Common Good Fund
• SC019480 Johnstone Common Good Fund

We administer the Common Good Funds and separately accounts for them.

The Common Good Fund accounts do not form part of the Council’s single entity balance sheet. However they are included within the group accounts of the Council.

Common Good property

2025 to 2026

The aim of the Open Data platform

The Council and its partners gather many types of data to help inform planning and decision-making processes and deliver high quality, efficient services. 

Making data available will add value to work in communities, organisations and businesses.

We also believe that this data will encourage innovation, develop new approaches to delivering services, and develop new systems to support the quality of life in Renfrewshire. 

What you can use it for

It's for 

• exploring and downloading open data
• discovering and building apps
• engaging to solve important local issues. 

You can analyse and combine Open Datasets using maps, as well as develop new web and mobile applications.

Renfrewshire Open Data platform

Your feedback

Send your feedback to danny.mcallion@renfrewshire.gov.uk about:

• any problems or suggestions on the platform itself
• datasets that would be useful to you
• opportunities for work on producing data or insights that don't exist at the moment.

Open data strategy and publication plan

We have an open data platform, designed to give the whole community access to the information it needs.

View a list of this week’s planning applications

View a list of this week’s planning applications

You can view a list of the planning applications and other associated applications that have been submitted in Renfrewshire in the last week.

This will show you an application’s important information, including:

• location
• application type
• who submitted the application
• the deadline to comment on the application
• and more.

Search all planning applications

Search for planning applications

You can search for any planning applications and other associated applications in Renfrewshire using a few different methods, depending on how much information you have.

Simple search

Use this option to search if you already know an application’s:

• reference number (shown on any correspondence we’ve sent related to an application)
• postcode
• address.

Advanced search

Use this option to search by more specific information, including:

• the applicant’s details
• status of the application and any appeals
• important dates throughout the application’s progress
• and more.

This option also allows you to search more generally. For example, if you want to know what applications have been submitted in a particular area over a period, you can select Ward from the drop-down list and enter the date range you’re interested in. This will show you all the applications submitted in that specific area within that date range.

Map search

Use this option to search for applications on an interactive map.

Using the Zoom in and Zoom out tool will highlight any properties which have planning applications in that area. Using the Change what you see on the map tool allows you to filter by date rate and application type.

View a list of Proposal of Application Notices

View a list of Proposal of Application Notices

A developer must consult the public on their proposals before submitting a planning application for a major development.

As part of this, they must submit a Proposal of Application Notice before starting their consultation.

A Proposal of Application Notice – sometimes called a PoAN or PAN – includes information such as:

• a description of the development
• the proposed site boundary
• details of the developer’s consultation strategy.

We’ll either accept a Proposal of Application Notice or suggest improvements to it. Once we’ve accepted it, the developer can start their consultation.

Any comments from the public during the consultation will go directly to the developer, not us, since the purpose of the consultation is for the developer to hear from and engage with the community.

A developer must submit a Proposal of Application Notice at least 12 weeks and no more than 18 months before submitting their planning application.

Other information

Find out how to:

• comment on a planning application
• appeal or ask for a review of a planning decision
• apply for planning permission
• submit a Proposal of Application Notice.

The chief executive, directors, heads of service, and some key senior officers, complete a register of interests which is updated regularly and at least every year.

The register of interests states if they have any other employment, financial or non-financial interests in any other organisations, companies, or property.

The purpose of the register

The purpose of the register of senior officers' interests is to help identify potential conflicts of interest when officers are making decisions. This register is available for inspection by auditors and senior managers and we also make it available to the public.

What information is included in the register

The register includes the following information:

• name of the officer
• position held in the Council
• particulars of any other paid employment held outside of the Council
• name and address of any business and the nature of the interest therein
• details of any directorship, consultancy or financial interest not listed elsewhere in the register
• details of any non-financial interest in any organisation such as a professional body, trade association, club etc in which the officer is a member or an office holder
• details of any shareholding or other financial interest in any company where the total nominal value of any securities exceeds £25,000 or 1% of the total nominal value of the issued share capital, whichever is less
• description and location of any property owned, leased or mortgaged within Renfrewshire (home addresses not disclosed).

Register of interests

What we publish

For each councillor, we publish:

• their name
• their main role (like committee convener or opposition leader)
• salary
• car and van travel (we show what the councillor claimed and what the council paid directly)
• other travel (split the same way – claimed by the councillor or paid directly by the council)
• costs for meals and places to stay
• training and conference costs
• phone and IT costs (excluding equipment owned by the council)
• any other allowances (for example, civic duties or staying with friends during travel)
• total expenses
• total salary and expenses.

We clearly label where a cost was:

• reimbursed (money paid back to the councillor)
• paid directly by the council.

When we publish

We publish this information every year by 1 June, covering the previous financial year (April to March).

See previous records of:

• councillors’ salaries, allowances and expenses 2023 to 2024
• councillors’ salaries, allowances and expenses 2022 to 2023
• councillors’ salaries, allowances and expenses 2021 to 2022.

See previous records of: 

• councillors’ training 2023 to 2024
• councillors’ training 2022 to 2023
• councillors’ training 2021 to 2022
• councillors’ training 2020 to 2021

We publish information every year about what we pay each councillor and what expenses they’ve claimed. This includes money spent on things like travel and training.

We do this to make sure the information is open and easy for you to find. It also meets legal requirements set by the Scottish Government.