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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Nether Belltrees Newton Of Belltrees Lochwinnoch
Received 19 Apr 20008 Crosslee Gardens Houston
Received 19 Apr 2000Rankine PL/Clark St/Collier St Johnstone
Received 19 Apr 2000South Of Newton Street Maxwelton Street Paisley
Received 18 Apr 2000East Of Dean Park Road Glasgow Road Renfrew
Received 18 Apr 2000South Of Weighhouse Close Witherspoon Street Paisley
Received 18 Apr 2000Maxwellton Court Maxwellton Street Paisley
Received 18 Apr 200022 Beith Road Johnstone
Received 22 Mar 20008 Churchill Avenue Johnstone
Received 22 Mar 200067 Newtyle Road Paisley
Received 21 Mar 20005 Don Avenue Renfrew
Received 20 Mar 2000Linmar Armour Place Johnstone
Received 20 Mar 200019 Dunchurch Road Paisley
Received 20 Mar 20003 Speirs Road Lochwinnoch
Received 20 Mar 2000358 Glasgow Road Paisley
Received 20 Mar 2000West Of Oldhall Road Glasgow Road Paisley
Received 20 Mar 2000Newton Of Belltrees Lochwinnoch
Received 3 Jul 2000Unit 4 In Shops The Paisley Centre New Street Paisley
Received 3 Jul 200068 Southwold Road Paisley
Received 3 Jul 20002 Oxford Drive Linwood
Received 3 Jul 20001 Lomond Place Erskine
Received 3 Jul 200035 Kilbarchan Road Johnstone
Received 3 Jul 20004 Gryffebank Close Houston
Received 30 Jun 2000Fulton Wood Houston
Received 30 Jun 2000Records 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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