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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Gatehouse West Way Porterfield Road Renfrew
Received 14 Nov 2001Arnwood Watt Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 14 Nov 2001Anchor Mills Old Seedhill Road Paisley
Received 14 Nov 2001Seedhill Road Paisley
Received 14 Nov 200136 Lubnaig Drive Erskine
Received 14 Nov 2001Main Road/Station Road Ferguslie Paisley
Received 14 Nov 200122 India Drive Inchinnan
Received 14 Nov 200127 Broompark Drive Inchinnan
Received 17 Oct 20011 Camphill Gardens Bishopton
Received 17 Oct 200118 Elmbank Road Langbank
Received 17 Oct 20016 Orr Square Paisley
Received 17 Oct 2001'Grianach' 23 Donaldfield Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 16 Oct 2001Well Street/McKenzie Street Paisley
Received 16 Oct 2001Well Street/McKenzie Street/King Street Paisley
Received 16 Oct 2001Garden Of Willowbank Cottage Well Road Kilbarchan
Received 7 Feb 2002Paisley Grammar School Glasgow Road Paisley
Received 5 Feb 200218 Craigiehall Crescent Erskine
Received 5 Feb 200225 Troubridge Avenue Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2AU
Received 14 Oct 2005Land To North West Of East Muirdykes Farm Bowfield Road Howwood Johnstone
Received 3 Aug 20052 Wright Street Renfrew PA4 8AD
Received 25 Oct 2005Thorn Brae Johnstone
Received 5 Feb 200222 Green Road Paisley
Received 5 Feb 2002Glasgow Airport Sanderling Road Paisley
Received 5 Feb 20023 Mar Avenue Bishopton
Received 4 Feb 2002Records 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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