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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 King George Court Renfrew
Received 9 Oct 200039 Banchory Avenue Inchinnan
Received 9 Oct 200094 Causeyside Street Paisley
Received 25 Aug 20003 Waterside Terrace Kilbarchan
Received 25 Aug 20005 Atholl Avenue Hillington
Received 25 Aug 2000Old Greenock Road Erskine
Received 24 Aug 2000Churchill/School Wynd Paisley
Received 24 Aug 200010 Manse Crescent Houston
Received 9 Feb 20013 Gala Avenue Renfrew
Received 8 Feb 2001Waterside Lane Kilbarchan
Received 8 Feb 2001Laigh Park Park Road Johnstone
Received 11 May 2001Rooftop Of Glencairn Court Paisley
Received 11 May 20017A Greenlaw Drive Paisley
Received 11 May 2001East Of Hagg Road Graham Street Johnstone
Received 11 May 2001West Of Greenfarm Road Bridge Of Weir Road Linwood
Received 11 May 2001At No 1 Watson Avenue Bridge Of Weir Road Linwood
Received 11 May 2001At No 1 Abernethy Drive Bridge Of Weir Road Linwood
Received 11 May 2001Between Hillington Road & Kelvin Avenue Hillington Road Hillington
Received 10 May 2001Titanium House Kings Inch Place Renfrew
Received 10 Apr 200114 Main Road Paisley
Received 10 Apr 200114 Main Road Paisley
Received 10 Apr 200168 Crawford Road Houston
Received 10 Apr 2001Kilpatrick Drive Erskine
Received 9 Apr 2001Adj 84 High Street Johnstone
Received 12 Mar 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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