Inverclyde

Renewable energy storage specialist Apatura has secured planning permission for a major new Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Port Glasgow. With a capacity of 700 megawatts (MW), this is the largest planning consent for a standalone BESS in Scotland to date and the biggest ever secured by Apat

Councillors have given the green light to a new £4.15 million road improvement plan for Inverkip to pave the way for 650 homes and commercial space at the former Inverkip power station site. Members of Inverclyde Council’s environment and regeneration committee agreed to fresh proposals

Construction work on a major £22 million redevelopment of Greenock Town Centre is set to begin in early 2025.

The first phase of demolishing the Clune Park estate in Port Glasgow is due to begin. Members of Inverclyde Council’s environment and regeneration committee were told during a meeting on Thursday 29 August 2024 that nearly 140 flats, as well as the former school and church within the estate, w

CCG Homes has unveiled the first images of its development on the site of the former Greenock Academy.

Quayside crane rails have been removed and replaced at the Greenock Ocean Terminal in Scotland as part of a new infrastructure and far-reaching modernisation project that will see two new £25 million ship-to-shore cranes introduced at the port.

Scottish businessmen brothers Sandy and James Easdale have acquired the c. 60,000 sq ft EE contact centre in Greenock for a seven-figure sum. The purchase comes as EE prepares to relocate its 450 staff to Glasgow by November.

The transformation of the former Greenock Academy site in Inverclyde is taking shape with the first of 30 new homes for sale now under construction.

An Inverclyde councillor has been suspended for one month after he was found guilty of failing to declare an interest in a planning application for a major £350 million housing project at the former IBM Site in Spango Valley, Greenock.

Minister for active travel Patrick Harvie MSP visited Gourock train station to officially open a new active travel link.

Two new cranes are to be called Craner Swift and U-Crane Bolt after a pair of creative schoolkids won the chance to name the huge structures. Avaleigh Lang, 10, of Lady Alice Primary in Greenock, chose Craner Swift as a nod to the US pop icon, while Frances McFadden, 10, of the town’s St Mary&

A £2 million project to preserve Greenock Town Hall for future generations is underway.

More than £11 million has been invested in a major upgrade of facilities at Inchgreen Marine Park in Inverclyde to help attract new tenants to the site. New utility connections, new roadways and even the purchase of extra land to make the site more usable are among the developments that have j

Scotland’s Railway welcomed MP Ronnie Cowan and MSP Stuart McMillan once again to Port Glasgow station to discuss the successful delivery of the £5 million project to improve accessibility for passengers.

A town board which will help direct £20 million of investment in central Greenock is taking shape with the appointment of two council figures. Councillors Francesca Brennan and Elizabeth Robertson were unanimously voted in as the local authority’s representatives on the Greenock Town Boa