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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 High Street Paisley
Received 13 Dec 2000Barrfield Main Street Houston
Received 13 Dec 200046 Turnhill Drive Erskine
Received 13 Dec 200017 Dunrobin Avenue Elderslie
Received 13 Dec 200049 Craighead Road Bishopton
Received 13 Dec 2000Shuttle Street Kilbarchan
Received 13 Dec 20005 Royal Inch Crescent Renfrew
Received 26 Oct 20001/1 14 Barshaw Place Paisley
Received 26 Oct 20006 St Ninians Road Paisley
Received 24 Jul 20005 Ladysmith Avenue Kilbarchan
Received 24 Jul 20001 Kilbarchan Road Johnstone
Received 13 Dec 200026 Church Street Lochwinnoch
Received 13 Dec 2000St Andrews Academy Ben Nevis Road Paisley
Received 13 Dec 2000Adj 13 Locherburn Grove Houston
Received 13 Dec 2000Abercorn Street Paisley
Received 11 Dec 20003 3A 5 5A Ladyburn Street Paisley
Received 11 Dec 2000Door 4 Terminal Building Glasgow Airport Caledonia Way Paisley
Received 11 Dec 2000Rankine Street Johnstone
Received 23 Oct 200015 Dochert Avenue Renfrew
Received 23 Oct 2000Comet Destination Store Abbotsinch Retail Park Paisley
Received 24 Nov 20002 Wrightlands Crescent Erskine
Received 24 Nov 200044 Thorndene Elderslie
Received 22 Aug 200021-23 Abercorn Street Paisley
Received 11 Jan 20014-18 Kilnside Road Paisley
Received 11 Jan 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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