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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
43 Glenshira Avenue Paisley
Received 14 May 1997Gryffe Grove Bridge Of Weir
Received 13 May 1997Gorwood Ranfurly Place Bridge Of Weir
Received 8 Apr 19972 Anderson Road Bishopton
Received 8 Apr 199722 Lomond Crescent Bridge Of Weir
Received 8 Apr 1997Stanely Firs Amochrie Road Paisley
Received 7 Apr 199733 Haining Road Renfrew
Received 7 Apr 19976 Balgair Drive Paisley
Received 7 Apr 1997Astra Site Montrose Avenue/Queen Elizabeth Avenue Hillington
Received 7 Apr 1997Open Space Adj. To Fulton Drive Houston
Received 7 Apr 199734 High Street Lochwinnoch
Received 7 Apr 1997Ward 5 Hawkhead Hospital Hawkhead Road Paisley
Received 25 Feb 1997Ward 3 Hawkhead Hospital Hawkhead Road Paisley
Received 25 Feb 1997Renfrew Road Paisley
Received 25 Feb 1997The Forte Posthouse Hotel Caledonia Way West Glasgow Airport Paisley
Received 25 Feb 1997132 Paisley Road Renfrew
Received 24 Feb 1997Rear Of Craigburn Avenue Houston
Received 24 Feb 1997Unit 33 The Paisley Centre High Street Paisley
Received 21 Feb 19977 Buchlyvie Road Paisley
Received 20 Jan 19976 Palmerston Place Johnstone
Received 17 Jun 1997Cotswold & Kersland South Street Houston
Received 16 Jun 1997Cotswold & Kersland South Street Houston
Received 16 Jun 199711 Canal Street Renfrew
Received 16 Jun 1997Church Street Lochwinnoch
Received 16 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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