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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.
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Inverclyde
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Inverclyde. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates2,554Searchable applications
92Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 2,298 approved or refused records
95Refused applications
2,203 approved · 95 refused · 132 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Mar 2019 to 16 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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More application records
- Granted Subject To Conditions24/0100/IC
Proposed erection of detached garage at rear
23 Plymouth Avenue Gourock PA19 1HT
Received 10 May 2024 - Granted24/0012/LB
Internal alterations to ground floor offices to create new offices and work spaces (listed building consent)
EDUCATION BUILDINGS 105 Dalrymple Street Greenock PA15 1HU
Received 10 May 2024 - Granted24/0013/LB
Demolition of church building (listed building consent)
Former Clune Park Church Of Scotland Robert Street Port Glasgow
Received 13 May 2024 - Granted24/0101/IC
Change of use of flat to short term lets (in retrospect)
Flat 2-1 37 Kelly Street Greenock PA16 8TP
Received 13 May 2024 - Granted Subject To Conditions24/0102/IC
Change of use of land at front to form dog run/exercise business and erection of fencing around dog exercise area (in retrospect)
Valley View Farm Dougliehill Road Port Glasgow PA14 5XF
Received 13 May 2024 - Granted24/0023/TRE
Fell a Sycamore tree
2A Fox Street Greenock PA16 8AT
Received 14 May 2024 - Application Withdrawn24/0105/IC
Proposed two-storey rear extension
40 Pentland Avenue Port Glasgow PA14 6NG
Received 16 May 2024 - Granted24/0107/IC
Change of use from residential flat to short term lets (in retrospect)
6C John Street Gourock PA19 1PR
Received 20 May 2024 - Granted Subject To Conditions24/0108/IC
Installation of modular galvanised steel disabled access ramp
Lochgreen Gryffe Road Kilmacolm PA13 4BA
Received 20 May 2024 - Application Withdrawn24/0109/IC
Change of proposed use for Unit 1 (26 Kilmacolm Road) from Retail (Class 1A) to Hot Food Takeaway (Sui Generis) and Unit 2 (24 Kilmacolm Road) from Hot Food Takeaway (Sui Generis) to Cafe (Class 3) and installation of two extract flues.
24 And 26 Kilmacolm Road Greenock PA15 3AX
Received 20 May 2024 - Granted Subject To Conditions24/0110/IC
Demolition of existing conservatory and construction of two storey extension to rear, formation of roof light on existing south side facing roof plane and enlargement of window opening on rear elevation
12 Daff Avenue Inverkip PA16 0AP
Received 21 May 2024 - Granted Subject To Conditions24/0111/IC
Proposed single storey rear extension, single storey porch on side elevation and erection of raised timber deck following demolition of existing porch and conservatory.
81 South Street Greenock PA16 8QH
Received 22 May 2024 - Application Refused24/0112/IC
Erection of dwelling and garage
Whinhill Lodge Glenbrae Road Greenock PA15 3DR
Received 24 May 2024 - Granted Subject To Conditions24/0113/IC
Erection of summerhouse
103 Octavia Terrace Greenock PA16 7PY
Received 24 May 2024 - Granted Subject To Conditions24/0114/IC
Change of use to short term lets/holiday accommodation
Flat 2-2 70 Wellington Street Greenock PA15 4NG
Received 24 May 2024 - Granted Subject To Conditions24/0115/IC
Single storey side extension
16 Fraserburgh Place Inverkip PA16 0GA
Received 27 May 2024 - Granted Subject To Conditions24/0116/IC
Replacement of four sash windows on principal elevation at first floor level with upvc sliding sash windows; enlargement and replacement of smaller rooflight at the front
23B Forsyth Street Greenock PA16 8DS
Received 28 May 2024 - Application Withdrawn24/0117/IC
Change of use of dwellinghouse to a mixed use operating as either short term/holiday lets or as a residential dwellinghouse and erection of balcony on south side elevation
24 Burns Drive Wemyss Bay PA18 6BY
Received 28 May 2024 - Granted Subject To Conditions24/0118/IC
Erection of farm shed
High Branchal Farm Branchal Road Kilmacolm PA11 3SL
Received 29 May 2024 - Granted24/0004/PA
Installation of replacement windows at front (prior approval).
54A Newton Street Greenock PA16 8SP
Received 31 May 2024 - Granted Subject To Conditions24/0119/IC
Installation of semi permanent modular galvanised steel disabled access ramp
QUARRIERS INVERCLYDE REGIONAL OFFICE Craigbet Road Quarriers Village PA11 3SX
Received 3 Jun 2024 - Granted Subject To Conditions24/0120/IC
Installation of replacement windows and panels on front elevation of common stairwell; repair of render walls; and installation of replacement lead and plywood on eaves
2 Houston Street Greenock PA16 8ND
Received 4 Jun 2024 - Granted Subject To Conditions24/0121/IC
Installation of dormer windows at front and rear
57 Larkfield Road Gourock PA19 1YA
Received 6 Jun 2024 - Granted Subject To Conditions24/0122/IC
Temporary change of use from vacant shop to pilates studio for a period of three years
Shop Hairdressers Sherlocks 124 Cathcart Street Greenock PA15 1BB
Received 7 Jun 2024
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Inverclyde, 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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