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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2,203 approved · 95 refused · 132 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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More application records
- Granted21/0109/IC
Proposed erection of garden room
12 Malin Grove Inverkip PA16 0FF
Received 9 Apr 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0110/IC
Erection of new dwellinghouse (amendment to planning permissions 19/0153/IC and 20/0085/IC including minor alterations to house design)
Kilmacolm Squash Club 36 Bridge Of Weir Road Kilmacolm PA13 4NN
Received 9 Apr 2021 - Application Withdrawn21/0111/IC
Installation of driveway
16 Fort Matilda Place Greenock PA16 7TU
Received 9 Apr 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0023/TRE
30% reduction of 2 trees at rear
26 Silverbirch Wynd Port Glasgow PA14 6QY
Received 7 Apr 2021 - Application Withdrawn21/0024/TRE
Cut back a Sycamore tree (tag 2629); remove branches from tree overhanging boundary (tag 2630)
14 Silverbirch Wynd Port Glasgow PA14 6QY
Received 7 Apr 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0112/IC
Installation of access ramp
80 Boglestone Avenue Port Glasgow PA14 5RS
Received 9 Apr 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0113/IC
Alterations to shopfront
Former Alisons 26 Kempock Street Gourock PA19 1NA
Received 7 Apr 2021 - Granted21/0025/TRE
Fell and remove Sycamore tree
55 Forsyth Street Greenock PA16 8HP
Received 12 Apr 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0026/TRE
Cut back overhanging branches from Chestnut tree (Tag 2670) and three Sycamore trees (Tags 2673, 2674 and 2677) at rear
48 Silverbirch Wynd Port Glasgow PA14 6QY
Received 12 Apr 2021 - Granted21/0114/IC
Change of use of existing retail premises to Hot Food Takeaway with a related access, parking and servicing
The Garage - Westmost Showroom Shore Road Wemyss Bay PA18 6AR
Received 12 Apr 2021 - Granted21/0116/IC
Formation of two storey rear extension and associated works
46 Fox Street Greenock PA16 8QT
Received 12 Apr 2021 - Granted21/0007/LB
Installation of replacement shopfront; display of externally illuminated fascia sign; installation of awning; installation of cctv camera at front (listed building consent)
Seagull Gallery 48 Kempock Street Gourock PA19 1ND
Received 12 Apr 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0003/CA
Display of externally illuminated fascia sign and advertising awning
Seagull Gallery 48 Kempock Street Gourock PA19 1ND
Received 12 Apr 2021 - Granted21/0117/IC
Installation of replacement shopfront; installation of awning; installation of cctv camera at front
Seagull Gallery 48 Kempock Street Gourock PA19 1ND
Received 12 Apr 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0118/IC
Timber decking over sloping ground at rear of house, pergola (no roof), boundary fencing and privacy screening up to 3.15 metres in height (in retrospect).
24 Silverbirch Wynd Port Glasgow PA14 6QY
Received 13 Apr 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0004/CA
Full length LED trough lighting above existing signage
Former Hairy Beastie Ltd 54 Kempock Street Gourock PA19 1ND
Received 13 Apr 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0121/IC
Proposed installation of retractable awning and LED trough light
Former Hairy Beastie Ltd 54 Kempock Street Gourock PA19 1ND
Received 13 Apr 2021 - Granted21/0123/IC
Proposed formation of single storey extension and associated alterations to existing windows
129 Finnart Street Greenock PA16 8HT
Received 15 Apr 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0124/IC
Erection of two storey modular building
Fergusons Marine Castle Road Port Glasgow
Received 16 Apr 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0027/TRE
Crown reduction of 4 trees
Land Behind Ashburn Gate/Gardens Gourock
Received 13 Apr 2021 - Application Withdrawn21/0125/IC
Enlargement of window and door opening on principal elevation and installation of rooflights on principal and rear roof planes
40 Harbourside Inverkip PA16 0BF
Received 16 Apr 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0126/IC
Proposed balcony to rear of detached dwellinghouse.
Langdale Bridge Of Weir Road Kilmacolm PA13 4NU
Received 16 Apr 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0127/IC
Replacement of existing translucent conservatory roof with 'Supalite' Lightweight Insulated Tiled Roofing System
120 Harbourside Inverkip PA16 0BA
Received 19 Apr 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0128/IC
Erection of decking (in retrospect)
6 Turnberry Avenue Gourock PA19 1JA
Received 19 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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