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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2,203 approved · 95 refused · 132 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 Leperstone Avenue Kilmacolm PA13 4RA
Received 12 Apr 2022Unit 2 Faulds Park Industrial Estate Faulds Park Road Gourock PA19 1FB
Received 14 Apr 2022Unit 3 - The Faulds Building Faulds Park Industrial Estate Faulds Park Road Gourock PA19 1FB
Received 14 Apr 202280 Manor Crescent Gourock PA19 1XA
Received 18 Apr 2022Shoreline At Coronation Park Port Glasgow
Received 20 Apr 2022Behind The Beacon Arts Centre East India Harbour Greenock
Received 20 Apr 2022Woodside Care Home Law View Road Quarriers Village PA11 3SD
Received 20 Apr 2022Forester's House Station Road Inverkip PA16 0AY
Received 20 Apr 2022Land Adjacent To 1 Cove Road Gourock
Received 21 Apr 2022Adjacent To 6 Roseneath Street Greenock PA16 7RZ
Received 22 Apr 202210 Cardwell Road GOUROCK PA19 1UH
Received 25 Apr 2022Fort Matilda Lawn Tennis Club 116 Newark Street Greenock PA16 7TG
Received 26 Apr 202235 Magpie Crescent Inverkip PA16 0LW
Received 26 Apr 202229 Lomond Avenue PORT GLASGOW PA14 5SA
Received 27 Apr 20226 Stirling Drive Gourock PA19 1AH
Received 28 Apr 2022Coralea Pacemuir Road Kilmacolm PA13 4JJ
Received 29 Apr 2022Maybank 95 Albert Road Gourock PA19 1NN
Received 29 Apr 2022The Horse Shoe 30 Kilblain Street Greenock PA15 1SR
Received 2 May 20221 Levan Point Levan Point Gourock PA19 1BL
Received 2 May 2022Tesco Stores 180 Dalrymple Street Greenock PA15 1JY
Received 4 May 2022Tesco Stores 180 Dalrymple Street Greenock PA15 1JY
Received 4 May 2022Land Behind 4 Lodge Crescent Kilmacolm PA13 4PZ
Received 4 May 2022No 1 Lyle Buildings - Co-op Lochwinnoch Road Kilmacolm PA13 4LE
Received 5 May 20222 Glenclune Court Kilmacolm PA13 4LW
Received 6 May 2022Records 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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