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Inverclyde
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Inverclyde. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
2,554Searchable applications
92Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 2,298 approved or refused records
95Refused applications

2,203 approved · 95 refused · 132 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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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.

More application records

  1. Granted23/0233/IC

    Change of use of flat for short term lets (in retrospect)

    162 Finnart Street Greenock PA16 8JB

    Received 11 Sept 2023
  2. Granted Subject To Conditions23/0030/TRE

    Removal of 28 Ash trees

    Land At Glen Avenue Gourock

    Received 26 Sept 2023
  3. Granted Subject To Conditions23/0234/IC

    Change living room window to French Doors with patio outside at rear of building

    92A Finnart Street Greenock PA16 8HL

    Received 26 Sept 2023
  4. Granted Subject To Conditions23/0015/CA

    Display of (i) 3 No. illuminated fascia signs (ii) 6 No. non-illuminated fascia signs (iii) 1 No. illuminated freestanding totem sign

    Retail Warehouse Container Way Greenock PA15 1PX

    Received 27 Sept 2023
  5. Granted Subject To Conditions23/0235/IC

    Installation of replacement windows

    27C Union Street Greenock PA16 8DD

    Received 28 Sept 2023
  6. Granted Subject To Conditions23/0236/IC

    Erection of 8 wind turbines, construction of access tracks and ancillary development (including crane hardstandings, cabling, transformers, culverts), formation of borrow pit, erection of sub-station and control building, formation of car park and temporary construction compounds (amendment to Condition 2 of planning permission 13/0199/IC granted on appeal by the Scottish Ministers to extend the operational lifespan from 25 years to 50 years) (Section 42 application)

    Land North And East Of Corlic Hill Greenock

    Received 29 Sept 2023
  7. Granted23/0015/LB

    Installation of replacement windows

    27C Union Street Greenock PA16 8DD

    Received 28 Sept 2023
  8. Granted Subject To Conditions23/0237/IC

    Change of use of two bedroom residential apartment to operate as short term lets

    2 Whitelea Court Kilmacolm PA13 4LA

    Received 2 Oct 2023
  9. Granted Subject To Conditions23/0016/CA

    Display of: externally illuminated fascia and projecting signs; non-illuminated wall and gate mounted signs (retrospective)

    Funeral Parlour 78 - 82 West Blackhall Street Greenock PA15 1XG

    Received 3 Oct 2023
  10. Granted Subject To Conditions23/0238/IC

    Erection of two storey front extension incorporating a porch and balcony; single storey side extension to form a garage and dormer windows within the rear roof slope and associated alterations (amendment to planning permission 23/0041/IC in respect of increase in size of balcony, amend size of garage with associated external alterations and alter external materials)

    9 Lochview Avenue Gourock PA19 1XN

    Received 3 Oct 2023
  11. Granted Subject To Conditions23/0239/IC

    Creation of new dwelling basement apartment in former habitat space currently used for storage (amendment to planning permission 20/0180/IC to include new doors in lieu of windows to rear elevation and new lightwell/window to front elevation)

    2 Norval Place Moss Road Kilmacolm PA13 4AQ

    Received 3 Oct 2023
  12. Granted Subject To Conditions23/0017/CA

    Display of non-illuminated signboard for a temporary period of 2 years

    BANKFOOT FARM Inverkip Road Greenock PA16 0DT

    Received 4 Oct 2023
  13. Granted Subject To Conditions23/0031/TRE

    Crown reduction of three Lime trees to recent pollard point (T1, T2 and T4) and crown reduction of one Maple tree to recent pollard point.

    11 Juniper Avenue Quarriers Village PA11 3NS

    Received 9 Oct 2023
  14. Granted Subject To Conditions23/0240/IC

    Proposed installation of replacement windows to communal stairwell

    26 Esplanade Greenock PA16 7RU

    Received 9 Oct 2023
  15. Granted Subject To Conditions23/0241/IC

    Proposed extension to house

    34 Dunvegan Avenue Gourock PA19 1AE

    Received 9 Oct 2023
  16. Granted23/0243/IC

    Erection of raised deck, access stairs and glass balustrade to rear of flat (in retrospect).

    3 Nursery Lane Kilmacolm PA13 4HP

    Received 10 Oct 2023
  17. Granted23/0032/TRE

    Works to one sycamore tree comprising pollard to previous cuts, prune lower branches and girdle ivy

    22 Brisbane Street Greenock PA16 8LP

    Received 11 Oct 2023
  18. Granted Subject To Conditions23/0244/IC

    Formation of external deck accessed from new door opening

    26 Margaret Street Greenock PA16 8BU

    Received 12 Oct 2023
  19. Granted Subject To Conditions23/0016/LB

    Alterations to ground floor flat including changes to layout, conversion of basement to habitable accommodation and formation of external deck accessed from new door opening (listed building consent)

    26 Margaret Street Greenock PA16 8BU

    Received 12 Oct 2023
  20. Granted Subject To Conditions23/0245/IC

    Proposed erection of balcony at rear

    34 Cowal View Gourock PA19 1HD

    Received 12 Oct 2023
  21. Application Refused23/0246/IC

    Proposed formation of rear balcony

    Flat Ground-1 277 Eldon Street Greenock PA16 7QE

    Received 17 Oct 2023
  22. Granted Subject To Conditions23/0247/IC

    Installation of 3 no. replacement windows to rear

    2 Sandringham Terrace Esplanade Greenock PA16 7XL

    Received 18 Oct 2023
  23. Granted Subject To Conditions23/0248/IC

    Change of use of hair salon to 2 flatted dwellings with associated external alterations at the front and rear

    Salon 7A High Street Kilmacolm PA13 4BS

    Received 19 Oct 2023
  24. Granted Subject To Conditions23/0249/IC

    Alterations to storage / industrial unit to form roller shutter door and formation of new vehicular access from Muirshiel Road (partially in retrospect)

    Block 8 Unit 45 Muirshiel Road Port Glasgow PA14 5XJ

    Received 19 Oct 2023

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What these statistics cover

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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