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Flat 1 23 Eldon Street Greenock PA16 7UG

25/0194/ICFull Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 24 February 2026

Delegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of residential flat to a mixed use as a creche (Class 10) and residential flat (sui generis)

Received
27 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Ward 4 - Inverclyde North
  1. Received27 Nov
  2. Validated11 Dec
  3. Consult.9 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Feb

Decided in 75 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Flat 1 23 Eldon Street Greenock PA16 7UG. Inverclyde has handled 601 applications of this type. This one was decided in 89 days, 5 weeks longer than Inverclyde's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across Ward 4 - Inverclyde North. We hold 421 applications in total for the PA16 postcode area.

95% of full applications at Inverclyde Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed use fails to have regard to the six qualities of successful places as required by Policy 14 of National Planning Framework 4, specifically as it fails to meet the 'Pleasant' quality through designing for protection by mitigating against noise to neighbouring residential properties.
  2. The proposed use fails to have regard to the six qualities of successful places as required by Policy 1 of both the adopted 2019 Inverclyde Local Development Plan and the proposed 2021 Inverclyde Local Development Plan, specifically as it would create conflict with adjacent uses in terms of noise and invasion of privacy, it fails to meet the 'Safe and Pleasant' quality.
  3. The proposed use fails to have regard to the six qualities of successful places as required by Policy 1 of both the adopted 2019 Inverclyde Local Development Plan and the proposed 2021 Inverclyde Local Development Plan, as due to impacts on amenity, it would not successfully integrate new development into the existing residential community and therefore fails to meet the 'Welcoming' quality.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
PA16 7UG
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Greenock West/Cardwell Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 December 2025
Last date for comments
9 January 2026

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Inverclyde

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