29 December — KILMACOLM House Application — PERMISSION is being sought for development of a house in the grounds of B-listed property Wateryetts in Finlaystone Road Kilmacolm. The application is pending consideration by Inverclyde Council officials.

27 December — HARBOUR Pontoon Plan Floated — REGENERATION company Riverside Inverclyde have applied for planning permission to attach floating pontoons to dock walls at East India Harbour, Greenock and to put up a security gate. The pontoons are being relocated from James Watt Dock. The application is pending consideration by Inverclyde Council officials.

23 December — SCHOOL Multi-Use Games Area Plan — INVERCLYDE Council have applied for permission to create a multi-use games area within the playground at St Mary’s Primary School, Patrick Street, Greenock. The application is pending consideration by planning department officials.

18 December — BARN Can Be Turned Into House — PERMISSION has been given by Inverclyde planning department officials for a barn at Leitchland Farm, Flatterton Road, Greenock to be concerted into a four-bedroom house. No objections were received.

16 December — GREEN Light For New Car Park — RIVER Clyde Homes have been given permission to create a car park beside 27 to 31 Highholm Street, Port Glasgow. It will have 18 spaces and is being developed because of the high demand for on-street parking at the site.

28 November — PARKLEA Day Centre Approved — PARKLEA Branching Out, Port Glasgow, have been given retrospective permission for a former boiler room to become a day centre for use by disabled groups. An art room, workshop, sitting room and office are included in the development. Work had already gone ahead as the applicant was unaware that consent was required. No objections were received.

21 November — PLAN For 16 Homes In Woodhall — RIVER Clyde Homes have applied to build eight semi-detached houses and eight cottage flats, with 26 parking spaces on land at Brightside Avenue at Heggies Avenue, Woodhall, Port Glasgow. The application is pending consideration by Inverclyde Council planning department.

15 November — INVERKIP Cottage And Barn Approved — THE go-ahead has been given for a three-bedroom house, garage and barn at Finnockbog Cottage, Finnockbog Road, near Spey Road, Inverkip. The new property will replace the existing small cottage. The application was approved by Inverclyde Council planning department.

20 October — FORMER Greengrocers Is Ripe For Office — THE former Four Seasons fruit and vegetable shop at 55 Kempock Street can be converted into an office, Inverclyde Council planning departement have agreed. The application, by Rebecchi Architectural Services, includes a new shopfront.

22 October — OLD Police Station Can be Business Base — PERMISSION has been given for the former police station in Lochwinnoch Road, Kilmacolm, to be used as business premises. Drawings submitted to Inverclyde Council show a number of staff offices plus a managing director’s office and meeting rooms. The application, which did not state which organisation would be based at the site, was approved by Inverclyde Council planning department.

13 October — CHILD-Minding Plan Approved — PERMISSION has been given for a house at 25 Newark Street, Greenock, to be used for a child-minding operation for up to nine children. The application, in retrospect, was approved by Inverclyde Council planning officials.

6 October — PERMISSION For Tattoo Studio — PERMISSION has been given for a shop at 48 Lynedoch Street, Greenock to be used as a tattoo studio. The application, by Gillian Stone of Port Glasgow, was approved by Inverclyde Council planning officials.

26 September — ALL-Weather Cricket Practice Area Approved — GREENOCK Cricket Club have been given permission by Inverclyde Council planning department to create an all-weather, floodlit practice area at their Glenpark ground in Brisbane Street. The £25,000 facility will be at the groundsman’s work area at the site, measuring 25 metres by 14 metres. It was not be used after 9pm.

19 September — GARDEN Flagpole At Half Mast — A GREENOCK householder has been refused permission for a flagpole she had already put up in her back garden at Caledonia Drive in the Kingston Dock estate. The applicant told officials she didn’t realise permission was required. Inverclyde Council planning department rejected the application saying the 4.25-metre pole was an “unexpected and dominant” feature when viewed from neighbouring houses, “to the detirment of residential amenity and character.”