Renfrewshire Council

What a Simplified Planning Zone is

A Simplified Planning Zone is an area where the need to apply for planning permission for certain types of development is removed so long as the development complies with the details and guidance set out in the Scheme. The Simplified Planning Zone Scheme deals with the planning issues 'up front' and confirms what type of development, and how much, is allowed.

Any Simplified Planning Zone development notification which did not commence on site prior to the close of the scheme will now require to be considered as part of an application for planning permission.

About the Hillington Park zone

The Hillington Business Park Simplified Planning Zone Scheme came to an end on the 1 October 2024.

The Simplified Planning Zone was a joint scheme between Renfrewshire Council and Glasgow City Council with approximately 80% of the Simplified Planning Zone area within Renfrewshire. In Renfrewshire, during the 10 years of its operation the scheme:

• redeveloped over 18 hectares of land
• delivered 48,580 square metres of new commercial floorspace covering a range of uses including general industrial, storage and distribution, business and some motor sales
• supported the refurbishment of 13 units including general internal and external alterations, the addition of solar panels, and the erection of extensions.