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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Glenfield Crescent Paisley PA2 8TG
Received 3 May 200536 Nevis Road Renfrew PA4 0PD
Received 5 Aug 200539 Tylney Road Paisley PA1 3HB
Received 4 Aug 200574 Clark Street Paisley PA3 1RB
Received 28 Jul 2005West Hurlet House 8 Glasgow Road Hurlet Glasgow G53 7TH
Received 22 Jul 200532 Greenfarm Road Linwood Paisley PA3 3HQ
Received 22 Jul 200544 Renshaw Road Bishopton PA7 5HL
Received 22 Jul 2005Caplethill Rd/Grahamston Road Paisley
Received 14 May 200123A Church Street Kilbarchan
Received 11 Apr 200123A Church Street Kilbarchan
Received 11 Apr 2001Macfarlane Group Kings Inch Road Renfrew
Received 11 Apr 2001Ground Adjoining Montgomery Road Paisley
Received 11 Apr 200116 Kilgraston Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 11 Apr 200118 Goldenlee View Houston
Received 11 Apr 2001529 Ritchie Park Johnstone
Received 11 Apr 2001Adjacent To Hollybush Dykebar Hospital Paisley
Received 11 Apr 2001Adj 427 Glasgow Road Paisley
Received 12 Mar 2001Adj 44 Paisley Road Renfrew
Received 12 Mar 2001Adj 319 - 321 Glasgow Road Paisley
Received 12 Mar 2001Opp Football Ground Love Street Paisley
Received 12 Mar 2001East Of Queen Street 11 Broomlands Street Paisley
Received 12 Mar 2001E/O West Brae Wellmeadow Street Paisley
Received 12 Mar 2001Opp 9 Gryffe Grove Main Street Bridge Of Weir
Received 12 Mar 2001Adjacent To Craigview Terrace Beith Road 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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