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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2,203 approved · 95 refused · 132 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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 Conditions19/0202/IC
Proposed attic conversion, formation of rear dormer, formation of rooftop balcony, installation of patio doors and erection of decking
1B Lyle Grove Greenock PA16 7QU
Received 7 Aug 2019 - Granted19/0203/IC
Installation of patio doors to rear of dwelling.
15 Daff Avenue Inverkip PA16 0AP
Received 8 Aug 2019 - Application Withdrawn19/0204/IC
Proposed conversion and extension to existing outbuilding to form ancillary accommodation in relation to main house
Gryfe Neuk Garshangan Road Kilmacolm PA13 4TJ
Received 8 Aug 2019 - Granted Subject To Conditions19/0205/IC
Demolition of existing house/garage and erection of new dwellinghouse, with associated engineering/infrastructure works
Craigrowan Porterfield Road Kilmacolm PA13 4PD
Received 9 Aug 2019 - Granted Subject To Conditions19/0020/TRE
Works to selective trees as follows: 987 Maple - Selective thinning, 989 Common Ash - Reduce to 8m, 990 Downy Birch - Remove
86 Newark Street Greenock PA16 7TF
Received 9 Aug 2019 - Granted Subject To Conditions19/0206/IC
Erection of balcony at the rear of the property.
4 Briary Lane Port Glasgow PA14 6RD
Received 9 Aug 2019 - Granted19/0207/IC
Proposed installation of new windows and patio doors
38 Victoria Road Gourock PA19 1DF
Received 12 Aug 2019 - Granted Subject To Conditions19/0208/IC
Variation to application 19/0111/IC, alterations to all previously approved windows and to door on Eldon Street elevation
4 Madeira Street Greenock PA16 7RF
Received 12 Aug 2019 - Granted Subject To Conditions19/0027/LB
Variation of Listed Building Consent 19/0019/LB, alterations to all previously approved windows and to door on Eldon Street elevation.
4 Madeira Street Greenock PA16 7RF
Received 12 Aug 2019 - Granted19/0209/IC
Alterations to conservatory to form tiled roof
52 Leapmoor Drive Wemyss Bay PA18 6BT
Received 13 Aug 2019 - Granted Subject To Conditions19/0210/IC
Extension to semi-detached dwelling and proposed alterations including installation of decking
45 Denholm Street Greenock PA16 8RH
Received 15 Aug 2019 - Granted19/0021/TRE
Pruning back of trees surrounding garden of property
Roseneath House 149 Eldon Street Greenock PA16 7PR
Received 15 Aug 2019 - Application Withdrawn19/0211/IC
Construct heated conservatory to rear of detached dwelling.
79 Branchton Road Greenock PA16 0XU
Received 15 Aug 2019 - Granted19/0212/IC
Proposed erection of tiled sun room at the rear of the property
7 Inverhouse Gardens Inverkip PA16 0GF
Received 19 Aug 2019 - Pending Decision19/0213/IC
The erection of forty social housing units, consisting of thirty one bed flats and ten two bed flats, together with associated parking, landscaping infrastructure and extra parking spaces for neighbouring properties.
Car Park Chalmers Street Gourock
Received 19 Aug 2019 - Granted19/0019/CA
Erection of three signs
Unit 4 Building D Kelburn Business Park Kelburn Road Port Glasgow PA14 6BL
Received 19 Aug 2019 - Granted19/0214/IC
Proposed change of use from existing office to beauty salon (in retrospect)
120 West Blackhall Street Greenock PA15 1XR
Received 19 Aug 2019 - Granted19/0215/IC
Installation of Automated Teller Machine (ATM) (in retrospect)
Shop Pawnbroker 1 West Blackhall Street Greenock PA15 1UA
Received 20 Aug 2019 - Granted Subject To Conditions19/0021/CA
Advertisement of the following types : Fascia Sign
Shop Pawnbroker 1 West Blackhall Street Greenock PA15 1UA
Received 21 Aug 2019 - Granted Subject To Conditions19/0216/IC
Proposed side extension, rear balcony and garden decking to semi-detached dwelling.
12 Gleneagles Drive Gourock PA19 1HX
Received 21 Aug 2019 - Granted19/0028/LB
Proposed external redecoration of the existing Public House premises
Victoria Bar 105 Shore Street Gourock PA19 1RB
Received 22 Aug 2019 - Granted19/0217/IC
Proposed external redecoration of the existing Public House
Victoria Bar 105 Shore Street Gourock PA19 1RB
Received 22 Aug 2019 - Granted Subject To Conditions19/0022/TRE
Mature sycamore - Removal of small area of exposed roots in order to secure pre-barrage structure to bedrock.
Gottar Water Weir Located Beneath Faith Avenue Quarrier's Village
Received 22 Aug 2019 - Granted19/0218/IC
Proposed porch to front elevation
4 Wateryetts Drive Kilmacolm PA13 4QP
Received 22 Aug 2019
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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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