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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2,203 approved · 95 refused · 132 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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
- Granted19/0179/IC
Proposed installation of new roller shutter
Office Bogston Lane Greenock PA15 2UD
Received 5 Jul 2019 - Application Refused19/0180/IC
Proposed side and rear extension to 2-storey semi-detached dwellinghouse.
1 Kelly Bank Cottages Kelly Road Wemyss Bay PA18 6BB
Received 9 Jul 2019 - Granted19/0182/IC
Replacement of existing wooden casement windows
21B Ashton Road Gourock PA19 1BY
Received 15 Jul 2019 - Granted19/0024/LB
Replacement of existing wooden casement windows
21B Ashton Road Gourock PA19 1BY
Received 15 Jul 2019 - Granted19/0184/IC
Replacement of existing windows
108 Finnart Street Greenock PA16 8HS
Received 15 Jul 2019 - Granted Subject To Conditions19/0185/IC
Change of use of retail unit to hot food take-away
Former Bakers 64 Cathcart Street Greenock PA15 1DD
Received 17 Jul 2019 - Granted Subject To Conditions19/0018/TRE
Reduction in height of various trees
Immediately Behind The Properties 1-5 School Wynd Quarriers Village PA11 3NL
Received 15 Jul 2019 - Granted19/0186/IC
Maintenance/refurbishment of play area
Play Area At Junction Of Walker Street And Tasker Street Greenock
Received 18 Jul 2019 - Granted19/0188/IC
Proposed erection of porch and toilet
51 Duthie Road Gourock PA19 1XS
Received 22 Jul 2019 - Granted19/0189/IC
Replacement of existing single glazed white painted timber sash and case windows with double glazed tilting sash and case windows in uPVC white
16 Bedford Street Greenock PA16 8PE
Received 22 Jul 2019 - Granted19/0003/CPE
Use of Premises as a Public House
Lynedoch Bar 100 Lynedoch Street Greenock PA15 4AH
Received 24 Jul 2019 - Granted Subject To Conditions19/0191/IC
Extension of decking
11 Roseyard Place Port Glasgow PA14 5PD
Received 26 Jul 2019 - Granted19/0192/IC
Erection of 6m high flagpole
Land At Kempock Place Gourock
Received 29 Jul 2019 - Granted Subject To Conditions19/0193/IC
Proposed formation of new vehicular and pedestrian access to front garden. Raising of front boundary wall. Installation of new surface finish to front driveway.
64 Esplanade Greenock PA16 7SE
Received 29 Jul 2019 - Granted19/0194/IC
Installation of roof perimeter guard rail system and roof ladder
Tesco Stores Greenock Road Port Glasgow PA14 5BP
Received 30 Jul 2019 - Granted Subject To Conditions19/0195/IC
Erection of decking in retrospect
8 Moffat Street Greenock PA15 2EJ
Received 30 Jul 2019 - Granted19/0196/IC
Erection of fencing in rear garden between 8 and 8A
8A Bedford Street Greenock PA16 8PE
Received 30 Jul 2019 - Granted Subject To Conditions19/0019/TRE
Removal of two Conifers and works to Cherry Tree to remove one limb and 30% crown reduction to remaining canopy
71A Newark Street Greenock PA16 7TQ
Received 30 Jul 2019 - Local Review Body Allowed19/0197/IC
Removal of Condition No. 2 of planning permission 17/0136/IC
66 Union Street Greenock PA16 8BL
Received 1 Aug 2019 - Granted19/0026/LB
Alterations to the district court. Variation to application 18/0015/LB
Municipal Buildings Clyde Square Greenock PA15 1NB
Received 1 Aug 2019 - Granted19/0198/IC
Alterations to the district court. Variation to application 17/0198/IC
Municipal Buildings Clyde Square Greenock PA15 1NB
Received 1 Aug 2019 - Granted Subject To Conditions19/0199/IC
Variation to application 17/0270/IC to increase the floorspace of the properties to create two three bedroom dwellings together with all associated works
Plot 1 - 2 Site At 2-20 Campsie Road Slaemuir Port Glasgow PA14 6LP
Received 1 Aug 2019 - Granted19/0200/IC
Replacement of existing windows
Flat 2-2 2 George Square Greenock PA15 1QP
Received 5 Aug 2019 - Granted Subject To Conditions19/0201/IC
New build community centre for Craigend Resource Centre including associated external landscaping works, demolition of existing building and extension of existing car park
Craigend Resource Centre Mcleod Street Greenock PA15 2HD
Received 5 Aug 2019
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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