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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
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2,203 approved · 95 refused · 132 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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.
More application records
- Granted26/0052/IC
Installation modular ramp (in retrospect) for disabled client
11 Beauly Crescent Kilmacolm PA13 4LR
Received 6 Mar 2026 - Granted Subject To Conditions26/0053/IC
Installation of Liquid Nitrogen (LIN) storage tank within gas compound
Factory 36 Earnhill Road Greenock PA16 0EQ
Received 9 Mar 2026 - Granted26/0005/TRE
Pollarding of three Sycamore trees
48 Ashton Road Gourock PA19 1AA
Received 9 Mar 2026 - Granted Subject To Conditions26/0054/IC
Formation of replacement front and rear dormers and replacement of existing orange tiles with grey tiles
47 Cloch Road Gourock PA19 1AT
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Granted26/0003/PA
Replace three bay windows and two kitchen windows on the principal (west) elevation at first floor level (prior notification)
Southpark Upper Flat Rowantreehill Road Kilmacolm PA13 4NP
Received 6 Mar 2026 - Granted Subject To Conditions26/0006/TRE
Crown reduction of six trees and removal of one tree
Balmoral Place Gourock PA19 1AW
Received 6 Mar 2026 - Granted Subject To Conditions26/0005/LB
Internal Alterations: removal of partions and enlarging the door opening between living room and kitchen
Cottage 14 Hope Avenue Quarriers Village PA11 3TR
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Granted Subject To Conditions26/0055/IC
Change of use from residential flat to short-term let
Flat 1-2 Ardgowan Place Port Glasgow Road Kilmacolm PA13 4AB
Received 12 Mar 2026 - Pending Consideration26/0003/CC
Demolition the former Glenfield Care Home building
Glenfield 1 Bedford Street Greenock PA16 8PG
Received 12 Mar 2026 - Granted Subject To Conditions26/0057/IC
Formation of larger dormer and patio doors at rear
124 Harbourside Inverkip PA16 0BA
Received 13 Mar 2026 - Granted Subject To Conditions26/0058/IC
Formation of dormer to rear
2 Glebe Road Inverkip PA16 0BT
Received 13 Mar 2026 - Granted Subject To Conditions26/0059/IC
Conversion of two flats into one house
259 Eldon Street Greenock PA16 7QE
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Granted Subject To Conditions26/0060/IC
Formation of raised balcony to rear of dwelling
Riverview 22 Hollybush Lane Port Glasgow PA14 6QZ
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Granted Subject To Conditions26/0061/IC
Replacement of conservatory roof with a solid roof
40 Belmont Road Kilmacolm PA13 4LN
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Granted26/0006/LB
Removal of three windcatchers from the roof
Gamble Halls Shore Street Gourock PA19 1RG
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Granted Subject To Conditions26/0062/IC
Re-roofing the dwelling roof with concrete roof tiles
46 Lyle Road Greenock PA16 7QT
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Granted Subject To Conditions26/0063/IC
Variation of Condition 1 (time limit) of planning permission 18/0290/IC under Section 42 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 to extend the period of commencement
Kip Water Hydro Scheme Inverkip
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Granted26/0005/PA
Installation of replacement windows
15 Margaret Street Greenock PA16 8AS
Received 25 Mar 2026 - Granted26/0006/PA
Installation of replacement windows
1-3 Brisbane Street Greenock PA16 8LH
Received 26 Mar 2026 - Granted Subject To Conditions26/0064/IC
Formation of driveway and retaining wall
58 Arran Avenue Port Glasgow PA14 6AP
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Pending Consideration26/0065/IC
Erection of two storey office building
Loganwood House Mathernock Road Kilmacolm PA13 4SP
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Granted Subject To Conditions26/0066/IC
Erection of detatched garage
Monikie Gryffe Road Kilmacolm PA13 4BB
Received 1 Apr 2026 - Granted Subject To Conditions26/0007/TRE
Removal of one tree
7-9 Laurel Way Quarriers Village PA11 3NH
Received 2 Apr 2026 - Granted Subject To Conditions26/0007/LB
Installation of replacement of slabbed patio area at rear
25A Laurel Way Quarriers Village PA11 3NH
Received 2 Apr 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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