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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Friarshall Hotel 14 Park Road Paisley
Received 30 Jul 200110 Cameron Avenue Bishopton
Received 30 Jul 2001Rowantree South Street Houston
Received 30 Jul 2001Rowantree South Street Houston
Received 30 Jul 20018 Brodie Park Crescent Paisley
Received 27 Jul 2001Unit 2 Phoenix Park Linwood Road Paisley
Received 27 Jul 2001Adj. To Shilton Lane Erskine Ferry Road Erskine
Received 20 Jun 2001Adj. To India Drive Greenock Road Inchinnan
Received 20 Jun 2001Johnstone Hospital Bridge Of Weir Road Linwood
Received 20 Jun 2001Brediland Road/Garry Drive Paisley
Received 20 Jun 200160 Murray Street Paisley PA3 1QG
Received 6 Oct 200525 High Street Lochwinnoch PA12 4DB
Received 6 Oct 2005Land At Phoenix Park And West Avenue Linwood Road Paisley
Received 20 Oct 200575 Hazelwood Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3DX
Received 22 Aug 200586 St Andrews Drive Bridge Of Weir PA11 3JD
Received 26 May 2005Paisley Centre Causeyside Street Paisley PA1 1UN
Received 17 Jun 200516 Balfron Road Paisley PA1 3HA
Received 28 Oct 2005Land At Shanks Park Shanks Way Barrhead Glasgow
Received 14 Oct 20051 Manse Crescent Houston
Received 18 Oct 200132 Glenpatrick Road Elderslie
Received 18 Oct 20011 Balgair Drive Paisley
Received 18 Oct 2001Arran Drive Glasgow Airport Paisley
Received 18 Oct 2001Kings Inch Road Renfrew
Received 17 Oct 20016 Orr Square Paisley
Received 17 Oct 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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