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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2,203 approved · 95 refused · 132 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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More application records
- Application Withdrawn21/0129/IC
Formation of driveway/parking space
210 Grieve Road Greenock PA16 7AL
Received 20 Apr 2021 - Granted21/0130/IC
Erection of sunroom at front on top of existing garage structure
8 Edinburgh Drive Gourock PA19 1AG
Received 20 Apr 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0131/IC
Change of use from church and church hall to dwellinghouse
Church Mansion Avenue Port Glasgow PA14 6QF
Received 20 Apr 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0132/IC
Proposed erection of detached house
Ardvaar Wemyss Bay Road Wemyss Bay PA18 6AD
Received 21 Apr 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0028/TRE
Removal of self-seeded trees and bushes
Phase 3A Broadfield Hospital Port Glasgow
Received 21 Apr 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0133/IC
Removal of two chimney stacks and replacement with Welsh slate
54 And 56 Newton Street Greenock PA16 8SP
Received 22 Apr 2021 - Granted21/0134/IC
Erection of flat roofed extension with balcony over together with single storey extension with pitched roof
20 Hollybush Lane Port Glasgow PA14 6QZ
Received 27 Apr 2021 - Granted21/0029/TRE
Removal of conifer tree
Kiloran Houston Road Kilmacolm PA13 4NY
Received 28 Apr 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0135/IC
External alterations to property including blocking up and creation of rooflights
51 Esplanade Greenock PA16 7SD
Received 28 Apr 2021 - Granted21/0008/LB
Erection of internal partition over walkway above library foyer
Port Glasgow Library 12 Fore Street Port Glasgow PA14 5EQ
Received 28 Apr 2021 - Application Refused21/0136/IC
Change of use of agricultural grazing land to domestic garden ground to form an enlarged garden together with the erection of an extension to the dwellinghouse and associated works
Castlehill Farm Cottage Kilmacolm Road Port Glasgow PA14 6SX
Received 30 Apr 2021 - Granted21/0137/IC
Erection of single storey rear extension following demolition of conservatory at rear; erection of raised deck at rear with access steps in association with installation of sliding doors at rear in place of windows
13 Auchenbothie Gardens Kilmalcom PA13 4SQ
Received 30 Apr 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0138/IC
Formation of off-street parking space
11 Waverley Street Greenock PA16 9DH
Received 30 Apr 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0139/IC
Proposed amendment to kitchen extension roof (originally approved in planning permission 19/0039/IC) together with replacement of existing conservatory with new extension and formation of terrace
Crinan Gryffe Road Kilmacolm PA13 4BA
Received 30 Apr 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0140/IC
Erection of a 1.8m timber fence at side; removal of external fire escape staircase at side
Cottage 32 Lloyd House Faith Avenue Quarriers Village PA11 3TF
Received 3 May 2021 - Application Withdrawn21/0141/IC
Proposed extension to rear and alterations to rear garden.
62 Lyle Road Greenock PA16 7QT
Received 4 May 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0010/LB
Installation of aluminium glass doors and arched windows at rear following removal of roller shutters; internal alterations to install toilets and stores in place of workshop space; formation of corridor at rear and installation of door in place of window on Haig Street elevation (listed building consent)
2 Haig Street Greenock PA15 1JG
Received 4 May 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0142/IC
Installation of new door on Haig Street elevation in association with formation of escape corridor
2 Haig Street Greenock PA15 1JG
Received 4 May 2021 - Pending Consideration21/0143/IC
Formation of caravan/mobile home site, with car parking, new estate roads and related infrastructure (planning permission in principle)
Land East Of Kellybank Caravan Park Wemyss Bay PA18 6BB
Received 4 May 2021 - Granted21/0030/TRE
Four Trees - Crown lift of 1no. Lime tree, removal of 1no. Lime tree, crown reduction of 2no. Conifer trees
Cottage 41 Peace Avenue Quarriers Village PA11 3SX
Received 4 May 2021 - Granted21/0145/IC
Erection of a summer house
85A Newton Street Greenock PA16 8SF
Received 4 May 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0147/IC
Conversion of farmhouse to 2no. dwelling houses with associated extensions, alterations and parking provision (amendment to existing consent reference no. 16/0246/IC).
Cornalees Farm Dunrod Road Inverkip PA16 9LX
Received 5 May 2021 - Granted21/0033/TRE
Row of 4 Scots Pine Trees - Fell and Remove
43 Octavia Terrace Greenock PA16 7SR
Received 5 May 2021 - Granted21/0034/TRE
Large Leaning Conifer Tree - Fell and Remove
Flat 1-1 5 Ashton Road Gourock PA19 1BY
Received 6 May 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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