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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2,203 approved · 95 refused · 132 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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
- Granted Subject To Conditions21/0293/IC
Proposed erection of decking to front of house in retrospect
9 Luss Place Greenock PA15 3EP
Received 28 Sept 2021 - Application Withdrawn21/0294/IC
Proposed 2 storey extension to side of property, erection of car port and associated works
7 Orchard Grove Kilmacolm PA13 4HQ
Received 28 Sept 2021 - Granted21/0295/IC
Proposed installation of new roller shutter doors, access doors and escape doors
Units 5A & 5B Mackenzie Street Greenock PA15 2TW
Received 29 Sept 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0296/IC
Formation of off-street parking
18 Nimmo Street Greenock PA16 9BY
Received 29 Sept 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0297/IC
Erection of rear extension; erection of fenced compound at rear to house refrigeration plant; alterations to car park layout including additional parking spaces at front of store, cycling parking, alterations to pedestrian access route to front of store and the installation of electric vehicle charging points; and formation of fire escape access path onto Patrick Street
Aldi Foodstore 1 Patrick Street Greenock PA16 8UT
Received 30 Sept 2021 - Granted21/0017/LB
Installation of 5 ventilation fans within 5 windows
122 Shore Street Gourock PA19 1QZ
Received 29 Sept 2021 - Granted21/0298/IC
Proposed installation of replacement shopfront
Nursery 19 - 21 Lynedoch Street Greenock PA15 4AB
Received 1 Oct 2021 - Granted21/0299/IC
Removal of external steel fire escape from window
Cottage - 13 LEVEN Praise Road Quarriers Village PA11 3TR
Received 4 Oct 2021 - Granted21/0300/IC
Proposed extension to house
1 Malin Grove Inverkip PA16 0FF
Received 5 Oct 2021 - Granted21/0301/IC
Proposed removal of chimney and formation of front dormer
8 Golf Place Greenock PA16 8TA
Received 5 Oct 2021 - Granted21/0302/IC
Erection of side extension following demolition of existing side extension
Mhor Lagan Barclaven Road Kilmacolm PA13 4DQ
Received 6 Oct 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0059/TRE
Reduction in height of 5 trees
Land Behind Ashburn Gate And Ashburn Gardens Gourock
Received 6 Oct 2021 - Granted21/0303/IC
Erection of side extension incorporating car port at ground level and extension to the raised platform/balcony at the front
69 Dougliehill Terrace Port Glasgow PA14 5DD
Received 8 Oct 2021 - Granted21/0304/IC
Proposed extension to rear of house
8 Old Inverkip Road Greenock PA16 9AQ
Received 8 Oct 2021 - Granted21/0306/IC
Installation of two rapid electric vehicle charging stations, along with associated equipment.
Mcdonalds 2 James Watt Way Greenock PA15 2AD
Received 8 Oct 2021 - Granted21/0307/IC
Installation of steel shuttering, video cameras and alarms (in retrospect)
Sir Gabriel Wood's Mariners' Home 67 Newark Street Greenock PA16 7TQ
Received 11 Oct 2021 - Granted21/0308/IC
Construction of new roof incorporating dormer windows at front and rear and raising of ridge height in association with the formation of 4 upper floor bedrooms and 3 en-suites
Longridge Bridge Of Weir Road Kilmacolm PA13 4NU
Received 12 Oct 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0309/IC
Construction of detached two storey dwellinghouse and associated works
37 Leperstone Avenue Kilmacolm PA13 4RA
Received 12 Oct 2021 - Unknown21/0007/PA
Prior Notification for Demolition of buildings.
Babylon Former Nightclub 16 West Stewart Street Greenock PA15 1SH
Received 13 Oct 2021 - Granted21/0310/IC
Proposed extension to rear and alterations to rear garden
62 Lyle Road Greenock PA16 7QT
Received 14 Oct 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0311/IC
Formation of 7 no. parking spaces including one disabled space.
Woodside Care Home Law View Road Quarriers Village PA11 3SD
Received 14 Oct 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0312/IC
Proposed external entrance ramp and 5 no. parking spaces.
Woodside Care Home Law View Road Quarriers Village PA11 3SD
Received 14 Oct 2021 - Unknown21/0008/PA
Prior Notification for Demolition of buildings.
Former Sacred Heart Primary School Westmorland Road Greenock PA16 0TS
Received 14 Oct 2021 - Granted Subject To Conditions21/0004/CC
Complete Demolition in a Conservation Area
Marcus Humphrey House Craigbet Road Quarriers Village PA11 3TE
Received 14 Oct 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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