Understanding planning · 13 min read
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2,203 approved · 95 refused · 132 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12D Highholm Street Port Glasgow PA14 5HQ
Received 25 Aug 2023Fir Cottage Glenmosston Road Kilmacolm PA13 4PF
Received 25 Aug 202320 Border Street Greenock PA15 2EE
Received 25 Aug 2023Flat 2-1 11 Kelly Street Greenock PA16 8NF
Received 28 Aug 2023Flat 2-2 36 South Street Greenock PA16 8UD
Received 28 Aug 20237 Broomberry Drive Gourock PA19 1JY
Received 29 Aug 2023Upper Flat 126A Newton Street Greenock PA16 8SH
Received 29 Aug 2023Inverkip Hotel Main Street Inverkip PA16 0EZ
Received 28 Aug 2023Flat 2-2 1 St John's Road Gourock PA19 1PL
Received 30 Aug 2023Flat 2-3 8 Kempock Street Gourock PA19 1NA
Received 31 Aug 2023Flat 2-1 2 Kempock Street Gourock PA19 1NA
Received 31 Aug 202335 Cowal View Gourock PA19 1HE
Received 1 Sept 2023Craigmarloch Fold Port Glasgow Road Kilmacolm PA13 4SG
Received 1 Sept 20236 Commoncraig Place Inverkip PA16 0BE
Received 1 Sept 2023Site Adjacent To Cabervans Cloch Road Gourock
Received 5 Sept 202368 Cloch Road Gourock PA19 1AU
Received 5 Sept 2023Flat 1-1 4 Margaret Street Greenock PA16 8AS
Received 5 Sept 2023FLATTERTON FARM Flatterton Road Greenock PA16 0AD
Received 6 Sept 2023Former Insurance Brokers 127 - 129 West Blackhall Street Greenock PA15 1YD
Received 6 Sept 20238 Skye Crescent Gourock PA19 1SU
Received 6 Sept 2023Flat 1-1 13 Cardwell Road Gourock PA19 1UG
Received 7 Sept 20231 Turnberry Avenue Gourock PA19 1AS
Received 7 Sept 2023Lloyds Pharmacy 10 - 12 Kilblain Street Greenock PA15 1SR
Received 11 Sept 2023Flat Ground-1 42 Shore Street Gourock PA19 1RG
Received 11 Sept 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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