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2,203 approved · 95 refused · 132 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Flat 3-2 7 Dellingburn Street Greenock PA15 4RN
Received 11 Sept 2023Flat 2-2 15 Glen Avenue Port Glasgow PA14 5AA
Received 12 Sept 2023Former Insurance Brokers 127 - 129 West Blackhall Street Greenock PA15 1YD
Received 12 Sept 202312 Cloch Brae Gourock PA19 1AS
Received 12 Sept 2023Flat 1-1 73 Kempock Street Gourock PA19 1NF
Received 12 Sept 202342 Churchill Road Kilmacolm PA13 4NA
Received 14 Sept 202323 Harbourside Inverkip PA16 0BF
Received 14 Sept 2023Workshop 3 Highholm Street Port Glasgow PA14 5HG
Received 14 Sept 20235 Leperstone Avenue Kilmacolm PA13 4RA
Received 15 Sept 2023Flat 3-1 35 Nelson Street Greenock PA15 1QQ
Received 15 Sept 2023171A Finnart Street Greenock PA16 8JA
Received 19 Sept 2023Municipal Buildings Clyde Square Greenock PA15 1NB
Received 19 Sept 2023Municipal Buildings Clyde Square Greenock PA15 1NB
Received 20 Sept 20232 Newton Street Greenock PA16 8UJ
Received 20 Sept 2023Flat 1-2 117 Albert Road Gourock PA19 1BS
Received 20 Sept 2023Flat 2-1 6 Castle Gardens Gourock PA19 1PD
Received 20 Sept 2023Empty Farm Building Located At The North East Of Bankfoot Farm Inverkip
Received 22 Sept 202314 West Glen Road Kilmacolm PA13 4BY
Received 22 Sept 2023NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Sterile Services Department 1 Wren Road Greenock PA16 7AF
Received 25 Sept 2023Factory 21 Dellingburn Street Greenock PA15 4TP
Received 25 Sept 2023COTTAGE 34 Peace Avenue Quarriers Village PA11 3TH
Received 25 Sept 2023Cottage 1 - Riverview Home Faith Avenue Quarriers Village PA11 3TF
Received 25 Sept 202310 Bedford Street Greenock PA16 8PE
Received 25 Sept 2023Flat 2-1 37 Albert Road Gourock PA19 1NH
Received 25 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage