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Inverclyde planning applications
3,086 applications. 97% approved. 59 days to decide.
As of September 2026, PlanIndex holds 3,086 planning applications from Inverclyde. 254 were decided in the trailing 12 months, with 97% of clear-cut outcomes approved.
Inverclyde takes a median of 59 days to decide a planning application, ranking 113 of 148 UK councils. See how that compares.
All applications
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26/0167/IC Awaiting decision
6 Cuillins Avenue Port Glasgow PA14 6LG
Erection of two storey side extension
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26/0008/CA Awaiting decision
Cafe 3 Patrick Street Greenock PA16 8UT
Display of two non-illuminated fascia signs
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26/0164/IC Awaiting decision
10B Hollybush Lane Port Glasgow PA14 6QZ
Change of use of flatted dwelling to mixed use as flatted dwelling and short-term let
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26/0016/LB Awaiting decision
Cafe 3 Patrick Street Greenock PA16 8UT
Display of two hand-painted, non-illuminated fascia signs and hanging flower baskets, replacement of rear timber glazed outward opening fire exit door, installation of retractable security grills to interior of windows and doors (readvertised due to error in signage description)
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26/0161/IC Awaiting decision
Strathview Flat Ground Gillburn Road Kilmacolm PA13 4DL
Enlargement of rear kitchen window opening to form a door
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26/0159/IC Awaiting decision
12 Glamis Place Greenock PA16 7NB
Combining two residential flats (sui generis), on ground and first floors, to form one dwellinghouse (Class 9) and external alterations including enlargement of front window opening to form patio doors, replacement of one door and partial replacement of roof.
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26/0157/IC Awaiting decision
32 Clydeview Road Greenock PA15 3AP
Erection of additional storey to existing single storey side extension
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26/0156/IC Awaiting decision
Flat D 2 Cragburn Gate Albert Road Gourock PA19 1NZ
Installation of replacement patio doors to front
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26/0018/TRE Awaiting decision
10 Newark Street Greenock PA16 7UH
Removal of one Ash tree
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26/0155/IC Awaiting decision
12E Binnie Street Gourock PA19 1JS
Installation of two replacement windows
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26/0015/LB Awaiting decision
12E Binnie Street Gourock PA19 1JS
Installation of two replacement windows
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26/0007/CA Awaiting decision
Car Showroom Pottery Street Greenock PA15 2UH
Display of externally illuminated totem sign
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26/0152/IC Awaiting decision
43 Taymouth Drive Gourock PA19 1HJ
Formation of raised decking platform and screening at rear (in retrospect)
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26/0153/IC Awaiting decision
41 Ardgowan Street Greenock PA16 8EJ
Enlargement of existing rear window opening to form French doors
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26/0150/IC Awaiting decision
1 Turnberry Avenue Gourock PA19 1JA
Erection of 2-storey detached dwellinghouse with associated off-street parking area, access and landscaping
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26/0149/IC Awaiting decision
Bridge Flat Farm Stepends Road Kilmacolm PA11 3SJ
Erection of replacement conservatory at side of dwelling
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26/0148/IC Awaiting decision
29 Macgillivary Avenue Greenock PA15 2JG
Formation of additional storey at existing single storey side extension
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26/0147/IC Awaiting decision
Mcdonalds Restaurant 2 James Watt Way Greenock PA15 2AD
Installation of two electric vehicle charging stations and ancillary equipment
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26/0146/IC Awaiting decision
Block B Waterfront Guest Accommodation Custom House Way Greenock PA15 1EN
Change of use of Block B from students halls of residence and houses in multiple occupation (sui generis) to hostel (Class 7) with associated car, motorcycle and cycle parking
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26/0145/IC Awaiting decision
30 Garvie Avenue Gourock PA19 1YL
Formation of raised deck and balustrade at front
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26/0001/CPE Awaiting decision
Flat 1-1 3 Lemmon Street Greenock PA15 4HT
Formation of driveway, erection of single garage and garden shed to side of flatted building and erection of side boundary fence
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26/0143/IC Awaiting decision
9 Overton Gardens Kilmacolm PA13 4DS
Erection of timber garden cabin with deck at rear of dwelling
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26/0142/IC Awaiting decision
Footpath Outside 55 West Blackhall Street Greenock PA15 1UT
Installation of one street hub unit
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26/0006/CA Awaiting decision
Footpath Outside 55 West Blackhall Street, Greenock PA15 1UT
Display of two digital LCD screens at each side of the street hub unit
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26/0141/IC Awaiting decision
4 Carnoustie Avenue Gourock PA19 1HF
Erection of two storey front and side extension
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26/0140/IC Awaiting decision
First Thoughts Floral Design 291 Eldon Street Greenock PA16 7QL
Change of use from florist to coffee shop with takeaway
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26/0014/PA Granted
Municipal Buildings Clyde Square Greenock PA15 1LY
Installation of replacement windows
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26/0139/IC Awaiting decision
Tesco Extra Dalrymple Street Greenock PA15 1LE
Installation of one self-service laundry kiosk
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26/0005/CA Awaiting decision
Tesco Extra Dalrymple Street Greenock PA51 1LE
Display of internally illuminated fascia sign
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26/0136/IC Awaiting decision
Former IBM Site Spango Valley Inverkip Road Greenock
Planning Permission in Principle for the Erection of a Data Centre (sui generis use class) with associated road access, car parking, landscaping, drainage and all associated works.
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26/0013/PA Awaiting decision
Flat 1-2 And 2-2 25 Kelly Street Greenock PA16 8LA
Installation of replacement windows
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26/0134/IC Awaiting decision
16 Lylefoot Crescent Greenock PA16 7TJ
Installation of replacement balcony
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26/0015/TRE Granted
Seafield Cottage Lane Greenock PA16 7QZ
Treeworks to prune one Beech tree
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26/0135/IC Awaiting decision
5 Glamis Place Greenock PA16 7NB
Formation of driveway to front of house
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26/0133/IC Awaiting decision
Ground Adjacent To Glenpark Court 29 Fox Street Greenock
Erection of two storey detached dwellinghouse with garage, associated access, parking and landscaping
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26/0132/IC Awaiting decision
Ben Lomond View 23 Riverside Business Park Pottery Street Greenock PA15 2UZ
Installation of accessible entrance comprising of concrete ramp, stairs, glass and steel canopy over entrance and erection of plant room compound to side of building
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26/0131/IC Awaiting decision
Balclutha Court Care Home 48 Forsyth Street Greenock PA16 8DY
Installation of glass balustrade around existing first floor terrace on southwest elevation
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26/0012/PA Decided
Ladymuir Forest Kilmacolm
Formation of road access for forestry operations
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26/0013/LB Granted
Municipal Buildings Clyde Square Greenock
Replacement of 12 windows on north-west elevation fronting Wallace Place
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26/0130/IC Granted
44 Cowal View Gourock PA19 1HD
Alterations to garage to form garden room with raised decking and screening
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26/0129/IC Awaiting decision
Flat 2-1 79 Albert Road Gourock PA19 1NJ
Change of use of residential flat to short-term let
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26/0128/IC Granted
Old Hall Finlaystone Road Kilmacolm PA13 4RY
Conversion of attached outbuilding to habitable accommodation
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26/0127/IC Granted
Flat 1 Rowallan Duchal Road Kilmacolm PA13 4AS
Installation of six rooflights at roof of dwelling
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26/0126/IC Awaiting decision
Cornalees Farm Dunrod Road Inverkip PA16 9LX
Proposed complete demolition of the existing farmhouse and rebuild at a repositioned location to form 2no. semi-detached dwellings, with associated access, parking and landscaping.
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26/0125/IC Granted
7 Belmont Road Kilmacolm PA13 4LZ
Erection of single storey extension at rear of dwelling
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26/0124/IC Granted
26 Burnside Avenue Port Glasgow PA14 6PN
Formation of driveway (in retrospect)
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26/0004/CA Refused
Port Glasgow Road Greenock PA15 2UH
Display of two freestanding internally illuminated digital LED panel signs
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26/0014/TRE Granted
Flat 2 31 Barrhill Road Gourock PA19 1LA
Crown reduction of one Lime tree
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26/0122/IC Granted
15 Station Avenue Inverkip PA16 0BB
Erection of single storey side extension
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26/0120/IC Granted
Rowanknoll Glencairn Road Kilmacolm PA13 4PB
Erection of single storey side extension and raised access platform
Recent decisions
Data to September 2026
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26/0128/IC Granted
Old Hall Finlaystone Road Kilmacolm PA13 4RY
Conversion of attached outbuilding to habitable accommodation
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26/0120/IC Granted
Rowanknoll Glencairn Road Kilmacolm PA13 4PB
Erection of single storey side extension and raised access platform
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26/0114/IC Granted
Land At Dougliehill Terrace Port Glasgow
Erection of single storey detached dwellinghouse (renewal of previous planning permissions 20/0033/IC & 23/0072/IC)
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26/0130/IC Granted
44 Cowal View Gourock PA19 1HD
Alterations to garage to form garden room with raised decking and screening
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26/0127/IC Granted
Flat 1 Rowallan Duchal Road Kilmacolm PA13 4AS
Installation of six rooflights at roof of dwelling
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26/0014/PA Granted
Municipal Buildings Clyde Square Greenock PA15 1LY
Installation of replacement windows
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26/0117/IC Withdrawn
The Glebe Sugarhouse Ker Street Greenock PA15 1LN
Conversion, alteration and extension of building for Class 10 use, formation of public square containing cycle parking and seating at north, car parking and erection of plantroom and cycle shelter at south.
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26/0004/CA Refused
Port Glasgow Road Greenock PA15 2UH
Display of two freestanding internally illuminated digital LED panel signs
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26/0014/TRE Granted
Flat 2 31 Barrhill Road Gourock PA19 1LA
Crown reduction of one Lime tree
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26/0013/LB Granted
Municipal Buildings Clyde Square Greenock
Replacement of 12 windows on north-west elevation fronting Wallace Place
The full record
Decisions between 2007 and 2026
PlanIndex holds 2,974 decisions from Inverclyde between 2007 and 2026, part of 3,086 applications on record. Over that period 95% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals, 2,638 granted against 143 refused. The busiest single year was 2021, with 310 applications recorded.
The trailing-year figures above track current activity. This record reaches back further, so a decision here may predate the online portal; each application still has its own page with the source link.
From the archive
Earliest records shown in full
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IC06323 Refused
Land Adjacent To Knapps Houston Road Kilmacolm PA13 4NY
Construction of dwellinghouse and garage
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IC07078 Refused
Regal Bar 9 Inverkip Street Greenock PA15 1SX
Use of footway as external seating area adjacent to public house
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IC06391 Refused
St Columba's School Duchal Road Kilmacolm PA13 4EQ
Demolition of two dwellings and construction of teaching block and assembly building
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IC07302 Granted
Burnside Farm Old Greenock Road Port Glasgow PA14 6TN
Conversion of farm steading to form five dwellinghouses
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CA07032 Granted
Greenock Road Port Glasgow PA14 6TD
Display of double sided illuminated advertising panel within bus shelter
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IC07277 Granted
SCS Upholstery 9 Customhouse Way Greenock PA15 1EG
Formation of new glazed panels on side elevations
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IC07246 Granted
4 Orchard Grove Kilmacolm PA13 4HQ
Erection of timber decking
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IC07287 Granted
Cairns Glencairn Road Kilmacolm PA13 4NL
Extension to dwellinghouse
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IC07294 Granted
11 Brougham Street Greenock PA16 8AB
Formation of external smoking area
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IC07323 Granted
Unit 7 Oak Mall Greenock PA15 1JJ
Change of use of retail unit (Class 1) to use as café (Class 3)
Decision speed
12 months to September 2026, where both dates are published
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Within 8 weeks the statutory target for most applications 100 39%
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8 to 13 weeks the target band for major development 113 44%
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Over 13 weeks often extended by agreement 41 16%
Planning agents in Inverclyde
The firms named as agent on the most applications on this register. Company information only.
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3DReid 100% granted overall 4
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Avison Young Limited 94% granted overall 1
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Common questions
How many planning applications does Inverclyde decide?
In the 12 months to September 2026, Inverclyde decided 254 planning applications. 97% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals.
How long does a planning decision take in Inverclyde?
The median time from a planning application being received to a decision was 59 days over the 12 months to September 2026. Individual cases vary with complexity and consultation responses.
How many Inverclyde decisions arrive within the eight week target?
Of the 254 decisions in the 12 months to September 2026 where both dates are published, 39% came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 84% within thirteen weeks.
How many planning applications has Inverclyde decided in total?
PlanIndex holds 2974 decisions from Inverclyde between 2007 and 2026, out of 3,086 applications on record. Across that whole period 95% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals.
When is planning activity busiest in Inverclyde?
February 2026 was the busiest month across the 12 months to September 2026, with 29 applications recorded. The monthly pattern is listed on this page.
How do I find a planning application by its reference number?
Every application indexed here has its own page at a stable address. Look the reference up in a search engine together with the council name, or browse the latest applications below. Each page shows the description, address, dates and decision as the council published them.
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Inverclyde: 3,086 planning applications on record as of September 2026. Trailing 12 months: 254 decided, 97% approved, median 59 days to a decision. 264 new applications received in the same period. Decisions on record run between 2007 and 2026: 2,974 in total, 95% approved. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.