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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Nursery Times 22 Neilston Road Paisley
Received 19 May 1997Nursery Times 22 Neilston Road Paisley
Received 19 May 1997Adj. Woodside Cottages Main Road Langbank
Received 16 May 19976 The Quarrelton Beith Road Johnstone
Received 14 Apr 199746 Darvel Crescent Paisley
Received 14 Apr 19978 Steeple Street Kilbarchan
Received 14 Apr 199726 Douglas Road Renfrew
Received 14 Apr 1997Crest House Brown Street Renfrew
Received 11 Apr 19971 & 2 Newton Terrace Paisley
Received 11 Apr 1997Barskiven Hill The Phoenix Linwood Road Paisley
Received 11 Apr 199733-35 Gauze Street Paisley
Received 10 Apr 19972 Crosslee Gardens Houston
Received 9 Apr 1997Units 11 12 & 13 Phoenix Retail Park Linwood Road Paisley
Received 3 Mar 1997Cunninghame Road Kilbarchan
Received 28 Feb 199727 Greenways Avenue Paisley
Received 28 Feb 19973 Bruce Road Bishopton
Received 28 Feb 19972 Greenlaw Avenue Paisley
Received 27 Feb 199725 Mains River Erskine
Received 27 Feb 1997Plot 9 Crosslee Area 10 South Houston
Received 27 Feb 1997Stanely Bank Foxbar Road Paisley
Received 27 Feb 1997Sandyford Road Paisley
Received 27 Feb 1997Food Giant East Lane Paisley
Received 23 Jun 199752 Auchmannoch Avenue Paisley
Received 23 Jun 199743 Hamilton Crescent Bishopton
Received 23 Jun 1997Records 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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