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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.
Scotland · Local authority
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2,203 approved · 95 refused · 132 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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.
More application records
- Granted Subject To Conditions25/0122/IC
Change of use from residential flat to short term lets
Flat 1-1 2 Buccleuch Street Greenock PA15 1NY
Received 16 Jul 2025 - Granted25/0024/TRE
Removal of cherry tree
17 Ardgowan Street Greenock PA16 8LG
Received 16 Jul 2025 - Granted25/0006/PA
Erection of replacement cattle shed
Burnbank Farm Dippany Road Kilmacolm PA13 4TH
Received 16 Jul 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0123/IC
Erection of rear extension with flue
37 Nelson Road Gourock PA19 1XJ
Received 17 Jul 2025 - Pending Consideration25/0124/IC
Erection of plantroom building (variation to planning permission 23/0229/IC to increase footprint and height of building as well as elevational alterations)
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Sterile Services Department 1 Wren Road Greenock PA16 7AF
Received 23 Jul 2025 - Application Refused25/0008/LB
Formation of balcony at rear elevation
Castle Levan Stirling Drive Gourock PA19 1AH
Received 23 Jul 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0125/IC
Development of 25MW solar farm with associated infrastructure, including substation, solar PV transformers, CCTV, security fencing, internal access tracks.
Land South Of Dougliehill Road And East Of B788 Port Glasgow PA14 5AH
Received 24 Jul 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0126/IC
Erection of single storey side extension and boundary fence
54 Islay Avenue Port Glasgow PA14 6AU
Received 24 Jul 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0127/IC
Erection of replacement side extension at first floor
Flat 1-2 Fernbank Clune Brae Port Glasgow PA14 5SW
Received 24 Jul 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0128/IC
Installation of raised deck and erection of garden room at rear
1 Auchneagh Gardens Greenock PA16 9AU
Received 28 Jul 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0129/IC
Erection of single storey extension and formation of raised terrace to rear of dwellinghouse
Ashdown Hazelmere Road Kilmacolm PA13 4JW
Received 28 Jul 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0130/IC
Installation of replacement front door, gate, ramp and paving
11 Albert Road Gourock PA19 1NH
Received 28 Jul 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0009/LB
Part replacement of existing slate roofs with Spanish slate and replacement of fibreglass and uPVC rainwater goods on single storey portion of building with aluminium rainwater goods
Wateryetts Finlaystone Road Kilmacolm PA13 4RB
Received 29 Jul 2025 - Application Refused25/0131/IC
Formation of balcony to rear elevation
Castle Levan Stirling Drive Gourock PA19 1AH
Received 29 Jul 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0132/IC
Installation of semi permanent disabled access ramp
7 Drumshantie Road Gourock PA19 1YZ
Received 29 Jul 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0133/IC
External painting and installation of replacement windows
75 Eldon Street Greenock PA16 7RD
Received 30 Jul 2025 - Granted25/0007/PA
Formation of access road
Land Near Chapel Farm Kilmacolm
Received 30 Jul 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0135/IC
Change of use from dog groomers to laundrette
Former K9 Kutz 11 Church Street Port Glasgow PA14 5EH
Received 30 Jul 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0136/IC
Erection of outbuilding in the side garden
The Old Waterhouse 5 Old Largs Road Greenock PA16 9AR
Received 31 Jul 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0137/IC
Erection of single storey rear extension
Avalon Pacemuir Road Kilmacolm PA13 4JJ
Received 1 Aug 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0139/IC
Erection of conservatory to the rear
48 Ardgowan Street Greenock PA16 8EP
Received 5 Aug 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0026/TRE
Treeworks to two trees to reduce crown
38 Silverbirch Wynd Port Glasgow PA14 6QY
Received 6 Aug 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0140/IC
Enlargement of existing rear porch
Norland Finlaystone Road Kilmacolm PA13 4RE
Received 7 Aug 2025 - Granted25/0027/TRE
Removal of Cherry tree
Flat 1-1 17 Ardgowan Street Greenock PA16 8LG
Received 7 Aug 2025
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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