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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2,203 approved · 95 refused · 132 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Madeira Street Greenock PA16 7UJ
Received 3 Oct 2022Ladymuir Glenmosston Road Kilmacolm PA13 4PF
Received 6 Oct 2022Site Of Former Greenock Academy Madeira Street Greenock PA16 7UJ
Received 7 Oct 2022Land At Rear Of 1 Lodge Gardens Kilmacolm PA13 4PQ
Received 10 Oct 2022Branching Out Parklea Park Parklea Road Port Glasgow
Received 14 Oct 2022Shop Vacant 126 Cathcart Street Greenock PA15 1BQ
Received 17 Oct 2022Shop 36B Nicolson Street Greenock PA15 1UL
Received 17 Oct 202238 Cawdor Crescent Greenock PA16 7LS
Received 17 Oct 2022Coppermine Community Centre Kirn Drive Gourock PA19 1EQ
Received 18 Oct 20227 Inverhouse Gardens Inverkip PA16 0GF
Received 18 Oct 202255 Esplanade Greenock PA16 7SD
Received 19 Oct 202217 Wellyard Wynd Greenock PA16 0XF
Received 19 Oct 2022Knapps Houston Road Kilmacolm PA13 4NQ
Received 24 Oct 202277 Dougliehill Terrace Port Glasgow PA14 5DD
Received 25 Oct 20222 And 3 Moorfield Road Gourock PA19 1DD
Received 26 Oct 2022Overton Water Treatment Works, Off Old Largs Road By Overton, South Of Greenock
Received 28 Oct 202210 Moorfield Road Gourock PA19 1DD
Received 31 Oct 202210 Moorfield Road Gourock PA19 1DD
Received 31 Oct 2022Site Of The Eu Congregational Church 15 Nelson Street Greenock PA15 1TU
Received 31 Oct 202220 Hollybush Lane Port Glasgow PA14 6QZ
Received 2 Nov 2022Land At Rear Of Cottage 33 And Cottage 34 Peace Avenue Quarriers Village PA11 3TH
Received 4 Nov 2022Land At Rear Of Cottage 35 And At Side Of Cottage 36 Peace Avenue Quarriers Village PA11 3TH
Received 4 Nov 2022Cottage 31 Church Road Quarriers Village PA11 3SX
Received 4 Nov 2022Block 8 Unit 44 Muirshiel Road Port Glasgow PA14 5XJ
Received 7 Nov 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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