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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
233 Neilston Road Paisley PA2 6PY
Received 5 Oct 200528 Brora Drive Renfrew PA4 0XA
Received 4 Oct 2005215 Linburn Road Erskine PA8 6HB
Received 2 Sept 2005The Cairn Prieston Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3AW
Received 24 Oct 20056 Dundonald Road Paisley PA3 4NF
Received 24 Oct 20058 Saturn Avenue Paisley PA1 2AB
Received 20 Oct 2005The Cottage East End Lochwinnoch PA12 4EP
Received 17 Oct 20055 Thornhill Johnstone PA5 8JQ
Received 17 Oct 2005Unit 2 Xscape King's Inch Road Renfrew
Received 11 Oct 2005North Bottling Hall 111 Renfrew Road Paisley
Received 20 Aug 2001Low Semple Farm Lochwinnoch
Received 11 Jul 2001Cartside Farm Tandlehill Road Kilbarchan
Received 11 Jul 200119 Quarrelton Grove Johnstone
Received 10 Jul 2001Abercorn Street Paisley
Received 10 Jul 20017 King George Place Renfrew
Received 10 Jul 2001New Sneddon Street/ Cartvale Lane Paisley
Received 10 Jul 2001Vita Foam Neilston Road Paisley
Received 9 Jul 2001Undercraig Old Greenock Road Langbank
Received 8 Jun 200112 Penilee Road Paisley
Received 8 Jun 200120 Cross Road Paisley
Received 8 Jun 2001Land Adj. To The Bird In The Hand Hotel Beith Road Johnstone
Received 8 Jun 2001Land To West Of Barskiven Road Paisley
Received 8 Jun 2001High Street Johnstone
Received 8 Jun 2001Dykebar Hurlet/Grahamston Road Paisley
Received 7 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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