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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2,203 approved · 95 refused · 132 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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.
More application records
- Unknown21/0005/PA
Prior notification for demolition of buildings.
Former Babylon 16 West Stewart Street Greenock PA15 1SH
Received 2 Aug 2021 - Application Withdrawn21/0233/IC
Erection of outbuilding to be used as garage and store
The Pillars North Denniston Bridge Of Weir Road Kilmacolm PA13 4RU
Received 3 Aug 2021 - Granted21/0234/IC
Erection of wooden outbuilding in rear garden (in retrospect)
26 Eldon Street Greenock PA16 7UF
Received 4 Aug 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0235/IC
New indoor tennis centre, associated facilities, landscaping and additional carparking
Community Sports Facility Rankin Park Inverkip Road Greenock PA16 9EU
Received 4 Aug 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0236/IC
Proposed construction of greenhouse within grounds of property
Rowanknoll Glencairn Road Kilmacolm PA13 4PB
Received 10 Aug 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0237/IC
Proposed extension to rear of house
4 Malin Grove Inverkip PA16 0FF
Received 11 Aug 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0238/IC
Installation of external air handling heat pump unit with timber enclosure
Former Village Store Faith Avenue Quarriers Village PA11 3TF
Received 12 Aug 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0239/IC
Proposed alterations and extension to outbuilding to create garden room
14 Esplanade Greenock PA16 7RX
Received 12 Aug 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0240/IC
Erection of raised decking at rear with installation of patio doors in place of windows
26 Iona Crescent Gourock PA19 1ED
Received 12 Aug 2021 - Unknown21/0006/PA
Demolition of 5 blocks of flats (prior approval)
7-29 Maple Road Greenock PA16 9HU
Received 13 Aug 2021 - Granted21/0241/IC
Single storey extension to rear of house
14 Gray Street Greenock PA15 3LU
Received 16 Aug 2021 - Granted21/0242/IC
Proposed side extension to dwellinghouse.
4 Ardgowan Crescent Inverkip PA16 0BH
Received 16 Aug 2021 - Application Refused21/0243/IC
Proposed new build 4-storey block of 4 flats
13 Kelly Street Greenock PA16 8NF
Received 16 Aug 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0245/IC
Extension and alterations to dwellinghouse
1 Katrine Road Wemyss Bay PA18 6BG
Received 18 Aug 2021 - Granted21/0246/IC
Remove existing slate coverings; Remove and replace sarking felt and defective sarking boards; Remove and replace gutters completely with repairs to downpipes; Remove and replace leadwork to flashings, gutters and upstands; and Replace existing slate coverings with similar alternative natural slate.
Flat 2 76 Albert Road Gourock PA19 1NL
Received 18 Aug 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0247/IC
Proposed garage conversion to create habitable accommodation associated with the main house and erection of new garage
Connel House 14 Cliff Terrace Road Wemyss Bay PA18 6AP
Received 18 Aug 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0248/IC
Proposed installation of new shop front
Life Style Express Newsagents 22 John Wood Street Port Glasgow PA14 5HU
Received 18 Aug 2021 - Granted21/0249/IC
Erection of single storey rear extension with enlarged patio
20 Belmont Road Kilmacolm PA13 4LZ
Received 18 Aug 2021 - Granted21/0250/IC
Proposed single storey extension to side of house and alterations and extension to existing raised patio
126 Newton Street Greenock PA16 8SH
Received 18 Aug 2021 - Application Refused21/0251/IC
Erection of dwellinghouse and livery stables (planning permission in principle)
Land At Blacksholm Road (north Of Slates Farm) Kilmacolm PA13 4SX
Received 18 Aug 2021 - Granted21/0003/CC
Demolition of gate post
Inverkip Primary School Station Road Inverkip PA16 0AY
Received 19 Aug 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0252/IC
Proposed alterations to house inclusive of installation of new patio doors, windows and rooflight windows
95 Newton Street Greenock PA16 8SG
Received 19 Aug 2021 - Granted21/0253/IC
Installation of modular galvanised steel disabled access ramp
22 Johnston Street Greenock PA16 8BA
Received 19 Aug 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0050/TRE
Removal of Trees covered by Tree Preservation Order IC 13
Former Broadfield Hospital Port Glasgow
Received 19 Aug 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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