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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 East Buchanan Street Paisley
Received 10 Sept 2001Alisheath Houston Road Langbank
Received 10 Sept 20011-4 Unsted Place Paisley
Received 10 Sept 20015 Teviot Drive Bishopton
Received 10 Sept 2001Adj Cricket Club Corsebar Road Paisley
Received 10 Sept 2001Maxwelton Road/ Maxwellton Street Paisley
Received 10 Sept 200117 Viking Crescent Houston
Received 7 Sept 200130 Dargavel Avenue Bishopton
Received 6 Sept 2001Laigh Park Park Road Johnstone
Received 2 Aug 2001Unit D 52 Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3PW
Received 3 Jun 2005Ashburn Milliken Park Road Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2DB
Received 21 Sept 200519 Wellmeadow Street Paisley PA1 2EF
Received 26 Jul 200515 Newton Avenue Elderslie
Received 2 Aug 20019 Rannoch Place Paisley
Received 2 Aug 2001Traffic Motor Company Fulbar Lane Renfrew
Received 2 Aug 2001Glasgow Airport Campsie Drive Paisley
Received 1 Aug 20017 Springfield Park Johnstone
Received 1 Aug 2001Hillington Park Retail Centre Kelvin Avenue Hillington
Received 1 Aug 2001Front Garden Of 123 Willow Drive Johnstone
Received 1 Aug 200111 Ben Hope Avenue Paisley
Received 28 Jun 2001Roof Of Piazza Centre Gilmour Street Paisley
Received 28 Jun 2001102 Milllfield Hill Erskine
Received 28 Jun 200193 Gartmore Road Paisley
Received 28 Jun 2001117 Corsebar Road Paisley
Received 28 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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