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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Inverclyde. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,203 approved · 95 refused · 132 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
23 Ashton Road Gourock PA19 1BY
Received 5 Dec 202243A Ardgowan Street Greenock PA16 8EJ
Received 7 Dec 2022Gamble Halls Shore Street Gourock PA19 1RG
Received 8 Dec 2022Lindores Lodge 59 Newark Street Greenock PA16 7TE
Received 8 Dec 2022Gamble Halls Shore Street Gourock PA19 1RG
Received 9 Dec 2022Site Adjacent To Gallow Hill Leitchland Farm Flatterton Road Greenock PA16 0AD
Received 13 Dec 20221 Levan Point Levan Point Gourock PA19 1BL
Received 14 Dec 2022Dunachton Park Road Kilmacolm PA13 4EA
Received 15 Dec 202213 Moorfield Road Gourock PA19 1DD
Received 15 Dec 2022Area Of Land Between Telephone Exchange And Clinic On Dubbs Road Port Glasgow
Received 16 Dec 202233 Esplanade Greenock PA16 7RY
Received 19 Dec 202221 Dunrobin Drive Gourock PA19 1EB
Received 20 Dec 2022Ardgowan Hospice 12 Kempock Street Gourock PA19 1NA
Received 21 Dec 20223 Drumpellier Place Lochwinnoch Road Kilmacolm PA13 4HE
Received 21 Dec 202245 Bannockburn Street Greenock PA16 9DF
Received 21 Dec 202223 Teal Drive Inverkip PA16 0LU
Received 22 Dec 2022Site Adjacent To Port Glasgow Bowling Green Birkmyre Avenue Port Glasgow
Received 22 Dec 20221 Turnberry Avenue Gourock PA19 1AS
Received 22 Dec 202218 Laird Street Greenock PA15 1LB
Received 23 Dec 20225 Roslin Court Kilmacolm PA13 4LP
Received 23 Dec 202270 Newark Street Greenock PA16 7TF
Received 4 Jan 2023Laggary 1 Knockbuckle Lane Kilmacolm PA13 4JS
Received 9 Jan 2023Land At Rear Of 6 Victoria Road Gourock PA19 1LD
Received 5 Jan 2023The Cardwell Inn 49 Cardwell Road Gourock PA19 1UW
Received 11 Jan 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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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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