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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2,203 approved · 95 refused · 132 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
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.
Lindores Manor 61 Newark Street Greenock PA16 7TE
Received 23 Jun 20222 And 21 Broomberry Drive Gourock PA19 1JY
Received 23 Jun 2022Adjacent To 2 To 10 Kelly Street Greenock PA16 8NF
Received 23 Jun 2022Adjacent To Flat 1-1 1 Margaret Street Greenock PA16 8AS
Received 23 Jun 2022Adjacent To 26 Robertson Street Greenock PA16 8NN
Received 23 Jun 2022Adjacent To 52 Union Street And 47 Union Street Greenock PA16 8DR
Received 23 Jun 2022Adjacent To 95A To 97, 90 To 94 And 60 To 84 Brisbane Street Greenock PA16 8NY
Received 24 Jun 2022Campbell Street Greenock PA16 8AP
Received 24 Jun 20223 St Andrews Drive Gourock PA19 1HY
Received 24 Jun 202232 Oxford Avenue Gourock PA19 1XU
Received 24 Jun 202260 And 62 Luss Avenue Greenock PA15 3EF
Received 27 Jun 2022Ladymuir Glenmosston Road Kilmacolm PA13 4PF
Received 27 Jun 2022Esplanade Greenock PA16 7XN
Received 27 Jun 2022Finnart Street Greenock PA16 8JB
Received 27 Jun 2022Forsyth Street Greenock PA16 8DT
Received 27 Jun 2022Outside 36 Fox Street And Outside 15 Fox Street Greenock
Received 27 Jun 2022Newark Street Greenock PA16 7TW
Received 27 Jun 20225 Johnston Terrace Greenock PA16 8BD
Received 28 Jun 2022Area In Front Of Former Garages Adjacent To Bay Street Port Glasgow
Received 29 Jun 2022Land At Dunvegan Avenue (adjacent To Sub-station) Gourock
Received 1 Jul 2022Flat 2 17 Union Street Greenock PA16 8UL
Received 1 Jul 2022Forester's House Station Road Inverkip PA16 0AY
Received 1 Jul 2022The Grange Porterfield Road Kilmacolm PA13 4NT
Received 4 Jul 2022Rostom Langhouse Road Inverkip PA16 0DE
Received 4 Jul 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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