DEMOLITION is underway again at Clune Park, Port Glasgow as contractors begin phase two of clearing dangerous buildings within the rundown estate.
Work to clear the next batch of properties is expected to continue into the summer.
Blocks of flats on Robert Street, Clune Park Street, and Maxwell Street are being demolished following extensive investigations by the council’s buildings standards service and external consultant engineers which resulted in dangerous buildings notices being served.
It follows the completion of phase one of the project in October 2025.
Another local company, Greenock-based Chris Wright & Sons, was awarded the contract to carry out phase two following on from Caskie Limited, also based in Greenock, which completed the first stage of demolition.
Councillor Stephen McCabe, leader of Inverclyde Council, said: “You can see from the completion of phase one of the demolition what a difference it makes to the area having these eyesore, dangerous buildings that have blotted the landscape for too long finally removed.
“Phase two will be another significant piece of the Clune Park puzzle and another major step towards seeing new homes that Port Glasgow and Inverclyde needs.”
The entire estate was made up of around 430 residential properties across 45 tenement blocks.
Phase one of demolition began in April 2025 and saw the fire-damaged former school and church buildings within the estate and an initial 138 properties across 15 tenement blocks pulled down.
Residential properties on the western side of Bruce Street and connecting section of Robert Street and both sides of Wallace Street were razed to the ground.
The vast majority of the estate is derelict and the residential blocks, former school and the old church buildings had all been badly affected by deliberate fires and anti-social behaviour in recent times, which contributed to the deterioration of the condition of the properties.
The council has been proactively acquiring properties in Clune Park for a number of years and now owns more than half the estate.
The aim of the council’s latest Clune Park masterplan is to clear the tenements and work with the private and public sectors to deliver 165 new homes.
The council is already progressing arrangements for future demolition, with technical requirements identified to demolish all dangerous buildings.
