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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2,203 approved · 95 refused · 132 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kelly Mains Farm Kelly Road Wemyss Bay PA18 6AZ
Received 12 Jan 2023Land At Spey Road (to The West Of The Junction With Cullen Crescent) Inverkip PA16 0HR
Received 13 Jan 2023SEACROFT Main Road Inverkip PA16 0EA
Received 13 Jan 2023Land To The West Of The Industrial Units At Upper Cartsburn Street Greenock
Received 17 Jan 2023Whiteside Memorials 1A Orangefield Place Greenock PA15 1YX
Received 18 Jan 202317 Grey Place Greenock PA15 1YF
Received 18 Jan 202312A And 13 Albert Road Gourock PA19 1NH
Received 23 Jan 202312A And 13 Albert Road Gourock PA19 1NH
Received 23 Jan 2023Site Bounded By Duncan Street, Holmscroft Avenue And Roxburgh Street Greenock
Received 23 Jan 20231 Mews Lane Greenock PA16 7SU
Received 24 Jan 20232 Boyd Avenue Inverkip PA16 0BX
Received 25 Jan 2023Land At Starforth Road Greenock PA16 0YL
Received 24 Jan 202370 Broomberry Drive Gourock PA19 1QB
Received 27 Jan 2023Balrossie House Blacksholm Road Kilmacolm PA13 4ST
Received 27 Jan 2023157 Finnart Street Greenock PA16 8HZ
Received 27 Jan 2023Balrossie House Blacksholm Road Kilmacolm PA13 4ST
Received 27 Jan 2023Balrossie House Blacksholm Road Kilmacolm PA13 4ST
Received 27 Jan 2023Cairngorm Rowantreehill Road Kilmacolm PA13 4NP
Received 27 Jan 2023Balrossie House Blacksholm Road Kilmacolm PA13 4ST
Received 30 Jan 2023131 Eldon Street Greenock PA16 7PR
Received 30 Jan 20235 Taymouth Drive Gourock PA19 1HJ
Received 30 Jan 202368 Reservoir Road Gourock PA19 1YQ
Received 1 Feb 2023Cowden Ha' Port Glasgow Road Kilmacolm PA13 4ER
Received 1 Feb 20231 Quarry Drive Kilmacolm PA13 4QX
Received 1 Feb 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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