The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands)
Distillery in move to site catering unit
Anorth whisky distillery is seeking permission to erect a mobile catering unit and a reception building, and a Fort William eatery is seeking an area of outdoor seating.
Alterations to a road layout on Skye are being proposed to allow house building to begin, with eight glamping pods also proposed near Ellishadder on the island’s north-east.
Glenmorangie Distillery near Tain is seeking permission to have a mobile catering van, alongside a reception for marine biologists.
The van, which will serve tea and coffee, will visit three sites across the distillery.
Whisky bosses are also seeking to construct a timber reception for marine biologists who are currently delivering the distillery-funded Dornoch Environmental Enhancement Project (Deep).
The project is designed to return vitally important oysters to the region. No additional parking is proposed within the joint application, submitted by John Campbell Building Surveying Services on behalf of the distillery.
An application has also been lodged to create an outdoor seating area on Fort William High Street.
Proposed by The Hot Roast Company Ltd, the seating would consist of three tables and seven chairs.
The application has been submitted by Heidi MacLean and, if approved, would be located outside the sandwich shop at 127 High Street.
On Skye, alterations to a road layout are proposed to allow the creation of affordable homes.
The proposed changes would take shape on land located 90 metres (295ft) to the south-east of Dunvegan Primary School.
Lochalsh and Skye Housing Association proposes 16 affordable houses on the site, with 36 car parking spaces to be constructed. The original proposal for the new homes, submitted in October last year, is still under consideration.
Elsewhere on the Misty Isle, a proposal has been lodged to create eight glamping pods.
The accommodation is proposed in Ellishadder, near Staffin, on the northeast of the island. The associated infrastructure and road access is included in the proposal.
The pods will be handmade from timber, with one parking space created outside each pod.
A turning area will be constructed, as well as facilities for refuse and recycling and an area to store bicycles.
Proposed by Mr and Mrs Iain Bermingham, the proposal has been driven by the identification of “a clear gap in the market for glamping development”.
They believe the pods will “fill this gap and boost the accommodation offering in the area, thus attracting more visitors and potentially tourists of a new demographic”.