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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Inverclyde. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,203 approved · 95 refused · 132 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
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.
15 Flax Way Greenock PA15 2WJ
Received 11 Feb 20209 Stirling Drive Gourock PA19 1AH
Received 13 Feb 2020Station Office Wemyss Bay Railway Station Shore Road Wemyss Bay PA18 6AR
Received 13 Feb 2020Cottage 17 Allan Dick Church Road Quarriers Village PA11 3TN
Received 17 Feb 202029 Victoria Road Gourock PA19 1DH
Received 14 Feb 2020West Knockbuckle Knockbuckle Lane Kilmacolm PA13 4JS
Received 18 Feb 202042 Carnoustie Avenue Gourock PA19 1HG
Received 19 Feb 2020Land At Dougliehill Terrace Port Glasgow PA14 5DD
Received 19 Feb 2020Land at Whinhill Glenbrae Greenock
Received 20 Feb 2020Land at Whinhill Glenbrae Greenock
Received 20 Feb 2020Carruth East Lodge Stepends Road Kilmacolm PA11 3SG
Received 20 Feb 2020Blackwater Farm Woodhead Road Kilmacolm PA13 4TF
Received 19 Feb 2020Watt Institution 15 Kelly Street Greenock PA16 8JX
Received 20 Feb 2020Hillend Children's Centre Border Street Greenock PA15 2EF
Received 21 Feb 202012 Station Avenue Inverkip PA16 0BB
Received 21 Feb 202044 Cloch Road Gourock PA19 1AT
Received 24 Feb 2020Former St Stephens High School Kilmacolm Road Port Glasgow PA14 6PP
Received 24 Feb 2020Former St Stephens High School Kilmacolm Road Port Glasgow PA14 6PP
Received 24 Feb 2020Former St Stephens High School Kilmacolm Road Port Glasgow PA14 6PP
Received 24 Feb 2020Former St Stephens High School Kilmacolm Road Port Glasgow PA14 6PP
Received 24 Feb 2020Former St Stephens High School Kilmacolm Road Port Glasgow PA14 6PP
Received 24 Feb 2020Stratherin Main Street Inverkip PA16 0AX
Received 25 Feb 2020Waterside Cottage Loch Thom Dunrod Road Inverkip
Received 25 Feb 202042 Forsyth Street Greenock PA16 8DU
Received 24 Feb 2020Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart 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 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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