Argyll And Bute

Glasgow-based Hunter Laing & Company has submitted an application with Argyll and Bute Council to build the first new distillery on Islay in a decade. The £8 million malt whisky distillery, to be built on a four-acre site at Ardnahoe near Port Askaig, on the North East coast of the island.

Gareth Hoskins Argyll & Bute Council is to dedicate Helensburgh’s Hermitage Park to late architect Gareth Hoskins following the award of a £2.3 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

lma | architects and planning consultants have submitted a scheme for planning consent for a 81 bed Premier Inn and restaurant for Whitbread PLC at Shore Street in Oban. The development sees the demolition of the existing bowling alley located adjacent to the railway and ferry terminal to make way f

Argyll and Bute Council is taking immediate action to ensure public safety after a historic church spire in Rothesay was confirmed as dangerous to the public. The condition of Rothesay’s West Church has been monitored over the past few years and, following further investigation work recently, it w

Argyll and Bute Council has approved a planning application for a new fish processing facility on a disused brownfield site in Cowal. A total of £19 million will be invested in the construction project making a significant contribution to employment opportunities in the local area.

The opening of the new building at Sandbank Business Park, Dunoon Kier Construction has completed the development of a new building at Sandbank Business Park in Dunoon.

A new £9.5 million primary school for pupils in Kirn has taken a step forward with the approval of planning permission by Argyll and Bute Council. The brand new facility designed for 320 primary school pupils, together with an early years facility with 30 spaces, should take around a year to build

Planning permission for the new Oban High School has officially been granted after the Scottish Government decided not to call the £24 million project in for review. Argyll and Bute Council announced in August that it was minded to approve the facility but that it notified Scottish Minsters of a fo

Plans for a new £24 million modern education facility in Oban took a step forward yesterday after Argyll and Bute Council announced it was minded to grant planning permission for the new school. Due to the formal objection from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), a statutory consultee, the counc

Argyll and Bute Council has appointed Land Engineering to deliver over £2 million of public realm improvements in Oban. The work, from Stafford Street to George Street, Queen’s Park Place and Station Square, is expected to be complete by summer 2016, with the heavy construction work starting towa

Kilmartin Museum in Argyll has taken a step closer to a multi-million pound refurbishment. Located at the heart of Kilmartin Glen in Argyll - a landscape that boasts 800 known prehistoric and historic monuments - Kilmartin Museum currently cares for some of Britain’s oldest Bronze Age and Neolithi

People across Argyll and Bute who have completed developments in the past three years can enter the council’s third sustainable design awards. Recognising, promoting and celebrating examples of exceptional design quality, the awards give developers the opportunity to have their work endorsed by pl

Argyll and Bute Council has said its £2.83 million structural repair and refurbishment of Dunoon’s iconic Victorian-era wooden pier is reaping the social, economic and environmental benefits the use of local sub-contractors and work placements. Work to the buildings is expected to be complete by

Argyll and Bute Council’s planning, protective services and licensing (PPSL) committee has granted planning approval for the new Campbeltown Grammar School project. The brand new facility, with capacity for up to 500 pupils, is expected to be built in time for the 2017/18 school term.

One of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s finest buildings is facing a £2.5 million repair bill to save it from ruin. Hill House in Helensburgh is run by the National Trust for Scotland and the charity is looking to raise the cash to save it from “excessive water ingress”.