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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot 1 Mondesir Station Road Langbank
Received 30 Jan 2001Russell Street/Laighcartside Street Johnstone
Received 30 Jan 2001Ellon Way Paisley
Received 29 Jan 2001Scotscraig 18 Park Road Paisley
Received 29 Jan 2001Glasgow Airport Campsie Drive Paisley
Received 29 Jan 20018 Darvel Crescent Paisley
Received 29 Jan 2001Glasgow Airport Campsie Drive Paisley
Received 29 Jan 200111 Lang Avenue Renfrew
Received 2 May 2001Phoenix Industrial/Business Park West Avenue Paisley
Received 2 May 2001St Mirren F.C. Love Street Paisley
Received 1 May 200141 Camps Crescent Renfrew
Received 1 May 200124 Burnside Avenue Brookfield
Received 1 May 200140 Station Road Kilbarchan
Received 30 Apr 200140 - 42 Broomlands Street Paisley
Received 30 Apr 2001Wardhouse Farm Kilbarchan
Received 29 Mar 200120 Yarrow Crescent Bishopton
Received 29 Mar 2001Steel Tube Stock Yard Kings Inch Road Renfrew
Received 29 Mar 2001Lochwinnoch Parish Church 36 Church Street Lochwinnoch PA12 4AD
Received 21 Mar 200558 Strathmore Avenue Paisley PA1 3EE
Received 28 Jun 200589 Gartmore Road Paisley PA1 3JS
Received 21 Jun 2005Callochant Kibbleston Road Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2PH
Received 20 Jun 2005Paisley Centre Causeyside Street Paisley PA1 1UN
Received 17 Jun 200528 McDonald Avenue Johnstone PA5 0ET
Received 17 Jun 200538 Alloway Avenue Paisley PA2 7DX
Received 29 Apr 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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