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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.
Scotland · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Renfrewshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Renfrewshire website
19,616 approved · 1,119 refused · 912 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Mar 2001 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
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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.
38 Balmoral Road Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9RA
Received 22 Apr 201035 Strathcarron Green Paisley PA2 7AQ
Received 23 Jun 20109 Acacia Drive Paisley PA2 9LS
Received 12 May 2010Sites 15 Metres South West Of No 19 Balgonie Woods Paisley
Received 4 Jun 201029 King George Park Avenue Renfrew PA4 0AP
Received 27 May 201096 Paisley Road Renfrew PA4 8HD
Received 17 Jun 20106 Kingsburgh Drive Paisley PA1 3TP
Received 8 Jul 2010Gowanlea Nurseries Barochan Road Johnstone PA5 8YS
Received 7 Jul 20108 Ben More Drive Paisley PA2 7NS
Received 7 Jul 2010Mossvale Community Church 60 Greenock Road Paisley PA3 2LE
Received 7 Jul 2010Barnhill Farm Houston Road Inchinnan
Received 28 Jun 201011 Arkleston Crescent Paisley PA3 4TG
Received 26 Jul 201030 Stanely Avenue Paisley PA2 9LB
Received 30 Jun 201018 And 20 Troubridge Avenue Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2AU
Received 28 Jun 2010Lawfield Farm House Kilallan Road Houston PA13 4PA
Received 29 Jun 2010Block R1 Ferry Village Braehead Renfrew
Received 26 May 2010Land To South Of M8 Motorway Mossland Road Hillington Park
Received 22 Oct 20101 Ingleby Place 12 Kilmacolm Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3PU
Received 3 Feb 20105 Market Hill Lochwinnoch PA12 4HP
Received 2 Feb 201052 Dalhousie Road Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2AT
Received 1 Feb 201066 Cairngorm Crescent Paisley PA2 8AW
Received 31 Mar 2010Paisley Grammar School Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3RR
Received 16 Feb 2010Newton Of Belltrees House Newton Of Belltrees Lochwinnoch PA12 4JL
Received 31 Mar 201019 Newnham Road Paisley PA1 3DY
Received 15 Mar 2010Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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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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