Understanding planning · 13 min read
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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Corseford Johnstone
Received 30 Jan 2002Barrhill Crescent Kilbarchan
Received 29 Jan 2002Barrhill Crescent Kilbarchan
Received 29 Jan 2002Land Adj. To Barrhill Crescent Kilbarchan
Received 29 Jan 2002Greenhill Business Park Greenhill Road Paisley
Received 29 Jan 20021/R 59 High Street Lochwinnoch
Received 29 Jan 2002Barochan Road The Courtyard Chapel Road Houston
Received 29 Jan 2002204 Gallowhill Road Paisley
Received 28 Jan 200284 Middlepenny Road Langbank
Received 13 Dec 20015 Donaldfield Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 13 Dec 2001Plot 13 Golf Drive Paisley
Received 12 Dec 2001Inchinnan Drive Inchinnan Business Park Inchinnan
Received 12 Dec 2001Vacant Land To Rear Of Bridgewater Shopping Centre Erskine
Received 12 Dec 2001Shovelboard Farm Corsliehill Road Houston
Received 11 Dec 200115-53 1-3 2-20 22-44 Fereneze Dr./Nethercraigs Dr./Newark Dr. Paisley
Received 7 Nov 20011 Silk Street Paisley
Received 7 Nov 200176 Abercorn Street Paisley
Received 7 Nov 200163 Woodlands Crescent Johnstone
Received 7 Nov 2001Broomward Drive/John Lang Street/Hay Drive Johnstone
Received 7 Nov 200119 Auchengreoch Avenue Johnstone
Received 7 Nov 200154 North Lodge Road Renfrew
Received 7 Nov 2001Former Elderslie East Church Glenpatrick Road Elderslie
Received 6 Nov 2001Ravenswood Prieston Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 27 Feb 2002Hawkhead House Farm Paisley
Received 27 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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