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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2,203 approved · 95 refused · 132 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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.
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More application records
- Granted Subject To Conditions21/0088/IC
Replacement of existing slotted window with a louvre grille to front of premises
Samaritans 65 Cathcart Street Greenock PA15 1DE
Received 26 Mar 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0089/IC
Proposed rear extension and formation of roof terrace
132 Newton Street Greenock PA16 8SJ
Received 26 Mar 2021 - Application Withdrawn21/0090/IC
Erection of outbuilding to be used as garage and store
The Pillars North Denniston Bridge Of Weir Road Kilmacolm PA13 4RU
Received 26 Mar 2021 - Application Refused21/0091/IC
Erection of side extension incorporating roof terrace following demolition of detached garage at side; erection of front porch
19 Firth Crescent Gourock PA19 1EW
Received 29 Mar 2021 - Granted21/0002/CC
Demolition of Garage and Wash House
Heathmount Glencairn Road Kilmacolm PA13 4PB
Received 29 Mar 2021 - Granted21/0092/IC
Repairs to the carved stone surround to the main entrance doorway
St. John's Church Bath Street Gourock PA19 1NY
Received 29 Mar 2021 - Granted21/0020/TRE
Fell and remove Hawthorne (T1), Rowan (T2), Cherry (T3) and Leylandii (T4) trees at rear
Flat Ground 39 Union Street Greenock PA16 8DN
Received 29 Mar 2021 - Application Withdrawn21/0021/TRE
Re-pollarding of Sycamore tree at side
119 Octavia Terrace Greenock PA16 7PZ
Received 30 Mar 2021 - Granted21/0093/IC
Replacement of glass roof on conservatory with a lightweight tiled roof
6 Barmouth Avenue Gourock PA19 1JF
Received 30 Mar 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0094/IC
Proposed balcony, deck and pergola to rear of dwelling house
3 The Kyles Wemyss Bay PA18 6AF
Received 30 Mar 2021 - Granted21/0095/IC
Erection of garden outbuilding (in retrospect)
8 Blaeberry Drive Inverkip PA16 0FS
Received 30 Mar 2021 - Granted21/0096/IC
Proposed cladding renewal, alteration & installation of solar photovoltaics.
14 East Blackhall Street Greenock PA15 1HD
Received 31 Mar 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0022/TRE
Removal of 5 Beech trees, 3 Ash trees, 3 Silver Birch trees and 1 Goat Willow tree; crown reduction of 1 Beech tree; removal of limbs from 1 Beech tree
3 Commoncraig Place Inverkip PA16 0BE
Received 31 Mar 2021 - Application Withdrawn21/0097/IC
Installation of new externally mounted flue from lower floor plantroom along gable wall and up same wall to ventilate above roof level
Ardgowan Primary School Newton Street Greenock PA16 0TS
Received 31 Mar 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0098/IC
Proposed alterations and extension to rear of existing dwelling
Flat Ground 69 Newton Street Greenock PA16 8SF
Received 31 Mar 2021 - Granted21/0099/IC
Replacement of white UPVC window with white UPVC French doors
Flat Ground-1 15 Royal Street Gourock PA19 1PJ
Received 1 Apr 2021 - Granted21/0100/IC
Proposed extension to rear of house
2 Brodick Drive Gourock PA19 1AF
Received 1 Apr 2021 - Application Refused21/0101/IC
Proposed construction of 2no dwellinghouses plus vehicle parking and associated landscaping on existing vacant land
Land 10 King Street Gourock PA19 1PU
Received 2 Apr 2021 - Application Refused21/0102/IC
Proposed conversion of windows to patio doors and installation of bridge and steps to access higher garden area
11 Old Inverkip Road Greenock PA16 9AG
Received 2 Apr 2021 - Granted21/0103/IC
Conversion of window to door and erection of associated access steps
59 Albert Road Gourock PA19 1NJ
Received 2 Apr 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0104/IC
Erection of 8 semi-detached dwellinghouses
Former Church Bawhirley Road Greenock PA15 2BH
Received 6 Apr 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0105/IC
Proposed erection of balcony, erection of boundary fence and installation of replacement windows and doors
Atwater Main Street Inverkip PA16 0AU
Received 7 Apr 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0107/IC
Demolition of existing dilapidated two storey dwelling house, erection of new single storey replacement dwelling house and change of site access point.
Framlington Knockbuckle Road Kilmacolm PA13 4JU
Received 8 Apr 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0108/IC
Erection of two storey extension with single storey extension incorporating a canopy and external terrace
Ardfruoch Glenmosston Road Kilmacolm PA13 4PF
Received 8 Apr 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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