Planners are urging that permission be given for a massive development at a former industrial site in south west Inverclyde, although they say the number of houses should be a lot less than proposed.
The application involves a large part of the ex-IBM land at Spango Valley, near Greenock, and is due to be considered by councillors on Inverclyde Planning Board at a meeting in January.
Proposals for the site — which is owned by Greenock businessmen Sandy and James Easdale and Advance Construction and marketed by Bowman Rebecchi — include hundreds of homes plus areas of employment, leisure, community and retail use.
A park-and-ride facility would be provided beside the former IBM rail halt, which would re-open. There would also be extensive areas of greenspace, parkland and a network of paths across the site.
Although officials are urging approval, they want to impose a condition that limits the number of homes to 270 in line with planning policy for the site. The developers are proposing up to 450.
If approved, aspects such as layout, scale, appearance and landscape at the site would have to be subject of further, detailed, planning applications.
This article appeared in Inverclyde Now.
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