Hotel plans
PLANS for a new hotel on land next to The Oban Inn have been submitted to Argyll and Bute Council.
PLANS for a new hotel on land next to The Oban Inn have been submitted to Argyll and Bute Council.
The Argyll Hotel previously stood on the site but was demolished in 2011 and the site has lain derelict ever since.
Callum MacLeod, owner of Piazza and Ee-Usk restaurants on the North Pier, has now proposed a 28-bedroom hotel in its place.
The architect is Shauna Cameron who has been at the forefront of innovative design projects throughout the area, including the Luing Atlantic Islands Centre.
The hotel, which will be built between the Regent Hotel and The Oban Inn, will have two storeys with a third floor in the roof space above an open reception, dining room and lounge.
The roof is to be finished in blue/ black slate with white rendered walls.
Plans seem to suggest there will be two pends on the ground floor to allow access to disabled parking.
Various development proposals for this site have been granted permission in the past, most recently a 63-bed hotel over five floors.
On floors one and two, nine bedrooms look onto the Esplanade, while four suites are in the roof space on the top floor.
It is hoped 12 people will be employed at the hotel.