Housing

In recent years Wemyss Bay has continued to expand as more and more housing schemes appear. wemyssbay.net ran an online poll to gauge public opinion on whether they liked the continuing development of the village. 105 votes were cast before the poll closed on 9th November, 2001 and the results were as follows:

Stop the building: 89 votes (84.8%)
Continue the building: 16 votes (15.2%)

It was clear that the majority of people would like to see the building stop. Unfortunately this does not seem likely as the development of Wemyss Bay continues, especially with the more rural areas of Inverclyde such as Wemyss Bay and Inverkip increasing in population while areas such as Port Glasgow and Greenock are decreasing.