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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
54 Clydesdale Avenue Paisley
Received 28 Sept 2001134 Ferguslie Paisley
Received 28 Sept 200152 High Street Paisley Paisley
Received 24 Aug 2001Adjacent To Moor Park Newmains Road Renfrew
Received 23 Aug 2001Adjacent To Tesco Broadloan Renfrew
Received 23 Aug 2001Land Adjacent To South Street/Barnsford Road Inchinnan
Received 23 Aug 2001Unit 10 10 Livery Walk Bridge Of Weir
Received 23 Aug 2001Threeplands Golf Course Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 17 Jul 200110 Ross Avenue Renfrew
Received 17 Jul 200125 Tylney Road Paisley
Received 16 Jul 200195 High Street Lochwinnoch
Received 16 Jul 20011 Laighpark Avenue Bishopton
Received 16 Jul 200157 Wright Street Renfrew
Received 16 Jul 200165 Ferry Road Renfrew
Received 13 Jul 200149 India Drive Inchinnan
Received 13 Jul 2001131-137 Renfrew Road Paisley
Received 14 Jun 200110 Silk Street Paisley
Received 14 Jun 200174 Back O'Hill Road Crosslee
Received 14 Jun 20017-15 Argyle Street Paisley
Received 14 Jun 200180 Crawford Road Houston
Received 13 Jun 2001Pitcairn Cottage Bowfield Road Howwood
Received 13 Jun 2001Barwood Cottage 4 Barwood Road Erskine
Received 13 Jun 20016 Belleisle Crescent Bridge Of Weir
Received 13 Jun 200143 Endrick Drive Paisley
Received 12 Jun 2001Records 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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