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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lismore Quarrelton Road Johnstone
Received 30 Nov 20017 Queen Street Renfrew
Received 2 Oct 200068 - 72 Queen Elizabeth Avenue Hillington
Received 2 Oct 200013 Laighcartside Street Johnstone
Received 29 Sept 2000Lodge 10 Luckinsford Road Inchinnan
Received 29 Sept 2000Phase 1 M8 Motorway East Frontage Hillington
Received 29 Sept 2000Hawkhead Road Paisley
Received 17 Aug 20003 Causeyside Street Paisley
Received 17 Aug 200040 Beardmore Cottages Inchinnan
Received 17 Aug 2000Balgonie Woods Paisley
Received 16 Aug 2000Back Sneddon St/Blacklaw Lane Paisley
Received 16 Aug 200081 Mainscroft Erskine
Received 14 Aug 2000Knapdale East End Lochwinnoch
Received 8 Jan 2001Knapdale East End Lochwinnoch
Received 8 Jan 2001Unit C Block B Abbotsinch Road Paisley
Received 8 Jan 2001Inkerman Bowling Club Linclive Road Linwood
Received 5 Jan 20014 Dryburgh Avenue Paisley
Received 5 Jan 2001Braehead/Mansfield Road Braehead Lochwinnoch
Received 4 Jan 200120 Carron Drive Bishopton
Received 5 Jan 2001Garden Centre Erskine Hospital Bishopton
Received 20 Nov 2000Nether Belltrees Newton Of Belltrees Farm Lochwinnoch
Received 20 Nov 200027 Woodside Road Brookfield
Received 20 Nov 2000Yonderwood Warlock Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 17 Nov 20005 Inchinnan Drive Riverside Inchinnan
Received 17 Nov 2000Records 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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