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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plots 9-17 Dennistoun Road Langbank
Received 22 Jan 2002114 Arkleston Road Paisley
Received 22 Jan 2002Prosperity Cottage St. Joseph's Nursing Home Largs Road Lochwinnoch
Received 22 Jan 2002Rear Of 133 Willow Drive Johnstone
Received 7 Dec 2001Bond No 2 21 Burnbrae Drive Linwood
Received 7 Dec 200152 Fulbar Crescent Paisley
Received 7 Dec 200135 Langside Drive Kilbarchan
Received 7 Dec 200112 Ulundi Road Johnstone
Received 7 Dec 200112 Loom Walk Kilbarchan
Received 7 Dec 2001Stanely Centre Foxbar Road Paisley
Received 6 Dec 200122 Dalmahoy Crescent Bridge Of Weir
Received 6 Dec 20016 Queensberry Avenue Hillington Park Glasgow G52 4NL
Received 19 Jul 2005107 Meikleriggs Drive Paisley PA2 9JR
Received 26 Aug 20053 Newton Avenue Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9BB
Received 6 Jun 2005Nether Soutbar Farm Greenock Road Inchinnan
Received 5 Nov 2001Brediland BT Exchange Amochrie Road Paisley
Received 5 Nov 200115 Turnhill Gardens Erskine
Received 5 Nov 2001Crosslee Farm Crosslee Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 2 Nov 20012 Phoenix Grove Elderslie
Received 2 Nov 2001East Gavin Farm Howwood
Received 2 Nov 2001East Gavin Farm Howwood
Received 2 Nov 20015 Thornhill Drive Elderslie
Received 1 Nov 2001Glasgow Airport Caledonia Way Paisley
Received 26 Feb 2002BT Exchange Laighcartside Street Johnstone
Received 25 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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