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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2,203 approved · 95 refused · 132 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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More application records
- Granted20/0317/IC
Proposed change of use from church hall (class 10) to staff facilities (class 4)
Kerr Hall - St Georges Church George Square Greenock
Received 17 Dec 2020 - Granted Subject To Conditions20/0038/LB
Widening of existing window on main house.
Flat 1 Cloch Lighthouse Cloch Road Gourock PA19 1BA
Received 17 Dec 2020 - Local Review Body Allowed20/0318/IC
Proposed Variation to Planning Condition attached to Planning Consent No. 20/0165/IC (Proposed Change of Use from Retail Unit to Hot Food Take-Away and Installation of Flue)
Carpet Shop 6 Grey Place Greenock PA15 1YF
Received 17 Dec 2020 - Application Withdrawn20/0319/IC
Installation of a flue on rear facing roof plane for a log burner
Larchwood Knockbuckle Road Kilmacolm PA13 4JU
Received 18 Dec 2020 - Application Refused20/0018/CA
Display of digital advertisement hoarding
Land At Custom House Way Greenock PA15 1PX
Received 18 Dec 2020 - Granted Subject To Conditions20/0320/IC
Erection of detached garage for domestic purposes adjacent to rear garden boundary
Land To Rear Of 258 Oronsay Avenue Port Glasgow PA14 6ER
Received 21 Dec 2020 - Granted Subject To Conditions20/0321/IC
Alterations and extensions to an existing dwelling including replacement roof and front facing balcony
15 Undercliff Road Wemyss Bay PA18 6AJ
Received 21 Dec 2020 - Granted20/0322/IC
Proposed Change of Use from Class 10 to Beauty Salon (Sui Generis) (in retrospect)
Shop 3 24 Union Street Greenock PA16 8DD
Received 22 Dec 2020 - Granted Subject To Conditions20/0323/IC
Erection of raised decking at rear; formation of roof terrace above existing flat roof extension
Mucomir Falls Lochwinnoch Road Kilmacolm PA13 4DZ
Received 23 Dec 2020 - Local Review Requested20/0324/IC
Erection of shed in front drive
26A Victoria Road Gourock PA19 1DH
Received 21 Dec 2020 - Granted20/0325/IC
Erection of raised decking at side and rear (in retrospect)
18 Churchill Road Kilmacolm PA13 4LH
Received 24 Dec 2020 - Granted Subject To Conditions20/0326/IC
Proposed replacement staircase to rear, painting of facades and provision of access doors to close
Clydeview Main Street Inverkip
Received 24 Dec 2020 - Granted Subject To Conditions20/0327/IC
Two storey side extension and single storey rear extension; enlargement of raised decking at rear incorporating access steps
Hillside 50A Dougliehill Road Port Glasgow PA14 5DL
Received 31 Dec 2020 - Application Refused20/0328/IC
Demolish existing entrance porch and stairs and provide new porch, stairs and entrance deck.
Flat 1 109 Albert Road Gourock PA19 1NW
Received 31 Dec 2020 - Granted21/0001/TRE
Common Lime x5 - Removal of regrowth
32 Newark Street Greenock PA16 7UN
Received 7 Jan 2021 - Granted21/0002/TRE
Beech Tree - 20 % Reduction
28 Daff Avenue Inverkip PA16 0AP
Received 7 Jan 2021 - Granted21/0003/TRE
Beech Tree - 20 % Reduction
Flat Ground 18 Patrick Street Greenock PA16 8NB
Received 7 Jan 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0001/IC
Erection of a timber clad, oak framed carport/garage with attic storage.
Flat 1 Merlindale Port Glasgow Road Kilmacolm PA13 4SG
Received 7 Jan 2021 - Granted21/0003/IC
Variation of planning consent 20/0042/IC, alterations to previously approved deck and raised platforms
44 Cloch Road Gourock PA19 1AT
Received 12 Jan 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0004/IC
Alterations to existing attic flat and conversion of store to dwelling. External alterations include the formation of dormers and a roof terrace
Attic Flat And Store 35 Kempock Street Gourock PA19 1NF
Received 13 Jan 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0005/IC
Demolition of the existing flue adjacent to the boiler house, to be replaced with a metal framed structure supporting new flues.
Inverclyde Hospital Larkfield Road Greenock PA16 0XN
Received 14 Jan 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0004/TRE
Removal of 6 trees
8 Lodge Crescent Kilmacolm PA13 4PZ
Received 13 Jan 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0005/TRE
Crown reduction by between 25% and 30% of 4 trees and removal of 2 trees
16 Laurel Way Quarriers Village PA11 3NH
Received 13 Jan 2021 - Granted21/0006/IC
Proposed erection of a carport
8 Stirling Drive Gourock PA19 1AH
Received 14 Jan 2021
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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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