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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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 dates2,554Searchable 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2,203 approved · 95 refused · 132 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 2026We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
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
- Granted Subject To Conditions25/0160/IC
Change of use from cocktail bar to cocktail bar and cinema
George Young Photographers 76 Kempock Street Gourock PA19 1ND
Received 12 Sept 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0161/IC
Single storey side extension providing additional entrance and facilities. Alterations to existing building to construct outer parapet walls, replace the roof and install rooflights on the north-east roof plane.
Grieve Road Community Centre 55 Grieve Road Greenock PA16 7AL
Received 12 Sept 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0006/CA
Display of two illuminated digital LCD screens on totem sign
Footpath On Land Opposite Greenock West Station Inverkip Street Greenock PA15 1TE
Received 15 Sept 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0162/IC
Formation of totem sign
Footpath On Land Opposite Greenock West Station Inverkip Street Greenock PA15 1TE
Received 15 Sept 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0163/IC
Variation to condition 6 of planning permission 22/0038/IC to amend the percentage of the carbon dioxide emissions standard set by Scottish Building Standards which is to be met through the installation and operation of low and zero carbon generating technologies from 20% to 25% (Section 42 application)
11 Houston Street Greenock PA16 8DA
Received 15 Sept 2025 - Granted25/0031/TRE
Treeworks to remove one tree and crown reduce six trees
GROUND 1 1 MOUNT ZION Church Road Quarriers Village PA11 3TD
Received 15 Sept 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0032/TRE
Removal of two trees
5 Overton Gardens Kilmacolm PA13 4DS
Received 15 Sept 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0164/IC
Formation of driveway and installation of gate
23 Bentinck Street Greenock PA16 7RN
Received 15 Sept 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0165/IC
Installation of three replacement windows at upper floor flat
10 Madeira Lane Greenock PA16 7UL
Received 18 Sept 2025 - Granted25/0003/CC
Part demolition of boundary wall
23 Bentinck Street Greenock PA16 7RN
Received 22 Sept 2025 - Granted25/0007/CA
Display of non-illuminated, free standing hoarding sign
Land Adjacent To The A78 Inverkip
Received 23 Sept 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0167/IC
Formation of raised decked area to rear of dwelling house
3 Castle Wemyss Drive Wemyss Bay PA18 6BU
Received 24 Sept 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0168/IC
Erection of single storey basement level extension to front of dwelling
26 Turnberry Avenue Gourock PA19 1JA
Received 25 Sept 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0169/IC
Formation of chimney with two flues to side elevation at lower level of school building
Ardgowan Primary School Newton Street Greenock PA16 8SN
Received 1 Oct 2025 - Granted25/0008/CA
Display of one non-illuminated free-standing sign
Public Amenity Space At The Junction Of Cameron Place And Main Street Inverkip
Received 2 Oct 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0034/TRE
Treeworks to trim and reduce the heights of a group of approximately 20 trees including 2 Ash, 2 Cherry, 1 Elm, 1 Holly and several Sycamore trees
Land To Rear Of 12 And 14 Victoria Road Gourock PA19 1LD
Received 2 Oct 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0170/IC
Erection of side extension with terrace and external stairway to rear garden
Lindores Glencairn Road Kilmacolm PA13 4PB
Received 3 Oct 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0009/CA
Display of four externally illuminated fascia signs and one non illuminated directional sign
Bogle Street Greenock
Received 6 Oct 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0171/IC
Erection of rear extension and raised deck with balustrade and stairs
2 Newark Avenue Greenock PA16 7UT
Received 7 Oct 2025 - Granted25/0010/PA
Installation of replacement windows
Flat B 39 Peace Avenue Quarriers Village PA11 3TH
Received 8 Oct 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0035/TRE
Removal of two Sycamore trees and crown reduction of four Sycamore trees
1 West Glen Gardens Kilmacolm PA13 4PX
Received 9 Oct 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0172/IC
Erection of single storey rear extension
21 Glebe Road Inverkip PA16 0BT
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0173/IC
Installation of an automated teller machine (in retrospect)
The Haven 11 - 17 Princes Street Port Glasgow PA14 5JH
Received 15 Oct 2025 - Granted Subject To Conditions25/0010/CA
Display of internally illuminated ATM sign
The Haven 11 - 17 Princes Street Port Glasgow PA14 5JH
Received 15 Oct 2025
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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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