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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ferguslie Cricket Club 36 Corsebar Road Paisley
Received 12 Mar 2001Opp 154 - 156 Hawkhead Road Paisley
Received 12 Mar 2001Opp 174 Hawkhead Road Paisley
Received 12 Mar 2001Opp Lochaline Avenue Brediland Road Paisley
Received 12 Mar 2001Adj 1 Todholm Terrace Barrhead Road Paisley
Received 12 Mar 20011 Troon Drive Bridge Of Weir
Received 14 Feb 2001Nether Belltrees Newton Of Belltrees Lochwinnoch
Received 14 Feb 20018 Speirs Road Houston
Received 14 Feb 2001Thornly Park Telephone Exchange Neilston Road Paisley
Received 14 Feb 2001DF Storage & Distribution Burnbrae Drive Linwood
Received 14 Feb 200163 Spruce Avenue Johnstone
Received 13 Feb 200184 Willow Drive Johnstone
Received 13 Feb 20014 Crossways Houston
Received 13 Feb 200139 Oxford Road Renfrew
Received 13 Feb 20011 Tirry Avenue Renfrew
Received 15 May 2001Cartside Avenue Inchinnan
Received 14 May 2001St James Business Centre Linwood Road Paisley
Received 14 May 2001Trident House Renfrew Road Paisley
Received 14 May 2001Rear 7 9 11 Underwood Lane Paisley
Received 14 May 2001Roebank Park Road Johnstone
Received 14 May 200193 Afton Drive Renfrew
Received 14 May 200143 Cumbrae Road Paisley PA2 8HB
Received 13 Jun 200565 Espedair Street Paisley PA2 6RW
Received 14 Jul 200549 Greenlaw Avenue Paisley PA1 3RE
Received 7 Jul 2005Records 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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