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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
27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Nov 1987 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
302 Glasgow Road Paisley
Received 2 Oct 2001Elderslie Car Wash Main Road Elderslie
Received 28 Aug 20015 Belleisle Crescent Bridge Of Weir
Received 28 Aug 2001134 Old Greenock Road Bishopton
Received 27 Aug 20014 Greenlaw Drive Paisley
Received 27 Aug 2001Golf Road Bishopton
Received 27 Aug 200195 Renfrew Road Paisley
Received 27 Aug 200116 Taylor Avenue Kilbarchan
Received 24 Aug 200114 Leaburn Avenue Houston
Received 24 Aug 2001Redcroft Prieston Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 24 Aug 2001Former Park Keeper's Lodge House Brodie Park Carriagehill Drive Paisley
Received 19 Jul 200114 Mews Lane Paisley
Received 19 Jul 2001Rainbow Nursery Fullerton Street Paisley
Received 19 Jul 200182 St Andrews Drive Bridge Of Weir
Received 18 Jul 200163A Craw Road
Received 18 Jul 2001Block 25 30/32 Watt Road Hillington
Received 18 Jul 2001Rowanlea Kilmacolm Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 17 Jul 2001Earlhill Dr/Kirkfield WD Semple View Howwood
Received 18 Jun 200146 Paisley Road Renfrew
Received 18 Jun 2001Central Baptist Church Lady Lane Paisley
Received 18 Jun 200136 South Mound Houston
Received 15 Jun 200165 Russell Place Linwood Paisley PA3 3SS
Received 12 Dec 200530 High Street Lochwinnoch PA12 4AA
Received 12 Dec 200516 Ladymuir Circle Erskine PA8 6HD
Received 23 Dec 2005Records 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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