PLANS to bring a derelict hotel on Mull back into use as a house and shop have been given the go-ahead by council officials.
The Kinloch Hotel, in Pennyghael, was the subject of an application for planning permission by Leader Investments Ltd to make the changes.
Argyll and Bute Council has now approved the application, having received only one neutral representation from the public during the planning process.
A council officer said in a handling report: “The existing hotel building is derelict and partially ruinous and is located within a small, loose cluster of development to the east of the settlement of Pennyghael.
“The existing built development at the site is framed by the established trees which set the site into the landscape.
“It is proposed to change the use of the existing derelict and partially ruinous hotel to form a dwellinghouse and shop. The existing building form and fabric would be largely retained.
“The existing lean-to extension upon the rear, southeast elevation would be removed. The existing one and a half storey, rear extension would be replaced with a one and a half storey projection, with a dual-pitched roof with the ridgeline perpendicular to the main section of the building.
“The subject of this application is considered to represent an appropriate opportunity for development with a suitably scaled, sited and designed development that would result in the change of use of the existing derelict and partially ruinous hotel to form a dwellinghouse and shop that would be well contained within the site and landscape setting where it would respect the established settlement pattern, representing an appropriate form of development for its countryside location.”
The report added: “Officers are satisfied that the proposed change of use of the existing derelict and partially ruinous hotel to form a dwellinghouse and shop would be of an appropriate scale, design and finish, ensuring that the proposed development would integrate with the immediate surroundings of the site, the settlement pattern and the wider landscape within which it is proposed, without giving rise to any significant adverse visual impact.
“No objections have been received from consultees with regards to the proposed access and infrastructure to serve the development.”
