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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Heather Place Johnstone
Received 5 Jul 1996Renfrew Road Paisley
Received 21 Jan 1994Barhill Road Erskine
Received 21 Jan 1994Plot 2 Lawmarnock Crescent Bridge Of Weir
Received 24 Jan 1994Fulton Wood Rear Of 12-26 Forties Road Houston
Received 12 Jul 199619/1 Espedair Street Paisley
Received 30 Sept 2003M8 Junction 31 West Ferry Langbank
Received 30 Sept 2003Gleddoch Gate House Old Greenock Road Langbank
Received 30 Sept 2003Gleddoch Gate House Old Greenock Road Langbank
Received 30 Sept 20033 Tower Road Johnstone
Received 19 Aug 200310 Tay Avenue Dean Park Renfrew
Received 10 Sept 200326 Broomhill Crescent Erskine
Received 22 Jul 200327 Claymore Drive Houston
Received 3 Oct 20033 Woodside Houston
Received 3 Oct 200320 Garnie Avenue Erskine
Received 15 Sept 20038 Kilbarchan Road Johnstone
Received 22 Sept 200323 Ferry Road Renfrew
Received 17 Sept 200311 West Porton Place Bishopton
Received 25 Jul 2003Police Office Mill Street Paisley
Received 22 May 200345 Kirkland Neuk Road Renfrew.
Received 27 Jun 200350 Banchory Avenue Inchinnan
Received 16 Sept 200317 Gartmore Road Paisley
Received 8 Sept 20036 Thornly Park Avenue Paisley
Received 3 Jul 200339 Semple Avenue Lochwinnoch
Received 16 Sept 2003Records 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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