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Laphroaig Distillery Laphroaig Distillery Road Laphroaig Isle Of Islay Argyll And Bute PA42 7DU

Granted Argyll and Bute 24/00786/PP Planning Permission

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Expansion of the distillery stillhouse, the creation of 12 new washbacks and a new mash house. Works include restoration of the original ground floor Maltings building, a new service yard and associated vehicular access/circulation improvements and associated ancillary development

As published by the council, reference 24/00786/PP

Application record

Reference
24/00786/PP
Type
Planning Permission
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Application Approved
Received
29 Apr 2024
Validated
13 May 2024
Decided
29 Apr 2025
Ward
Kintyre And The Islands
Parish
Islay Community Council
Decision by
Local Delegated Decision
Postcode
PA42 7DU

Site history

Applications at this address on the Argyll and Bute register

This site has had 8 applications since 2021: 8 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/00235/DOC01 Granted

    Laphroaig Distillery Laphroaig Distillery Road Laphroaig Isle Of Islay Argyll And Bute PA42 7DU

    Request to discharge conditions relative to application 26/00235/PP - Specifically condition 2

    Decided 20 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • 25/01311/PAWAY Granted

    Laphroaig Distillery Laphroaig Distillery Road Laphroaig Isle Of Islay Argyll And Bute PA42 7DU

    Formation of forest tracks

    Decided 3 Oct 2025 Prior approval
  • 24/00803/LIB Granted

    Laphroaig Distillery Laphroaig Distillery Road Laphroaig Isle Of Islay Argyll And Bute PA42 7DU

    Demolition of still house, peat shed and paint storage building

    Decided 29 Apr 2025 Heritage and listed buildings
  • 23/02436/PP Granted

    Laphroaig Distillery Laphroaig Distillery Road Laphroaig Isle Of Islay Argyll And Bute PA42 7DU

    Section 42 application to vary condition 6 of planning permission 21/00940/PP (Erection of 2 whisky maturation warehouses and formation of vehicular access). Proposal is to replace condition 6 with the wording "The warehouse approved shall be for the storage of whisky and other spirit distilled within Beam Suntory owned distilleries on the Island."

    Decided 6 Sep 2024 Full applications
  • 23/02437/PP Granted

    Laphroaig Distillery Laphroaig Distillery Road Laphroaig Isle Of Islay Argyll And Bute PA42 7DU

    Section 42 application to vary condition 2 of planning application 21/02577/PP (Erection of warehouses for the storage of whisky barrels beside approved warehouse under planning permission 21/00940/PP). The proposal is to remove the line "Furthermore, the buildings hereby approved shall be used solely for the storage of whisky and other spirit distilled at Laphroaig Distillery only", to be replaced with the wording "Furthermore, the buildings hereby approved shall be used solely for the storage of whisky and other spirit distilled within Beam Suntory owned distilleries on the Island".

    Decided 6 Sep 2024 Full applications
  • 22/01187/LIB Granted

    Laphroaig Distillery Laphroaig Distillery Road Laphroaig Isle Of Islay Argyll And Bute PA42 7DU

    Installation of 2 new 60,000 litres ferments including formation of deck area and canopy, alterations to openings and formation of 2 new doors

    Decided 10 Feb 2023 Heritage and listed buildings
  • 21/00940/PP Granted

    Laphroaig Distillery Laphroaig Distillery Road Laphroaig Isle Of Islay Argyll And Bute PA42 7DU

    Erection of 2 whisky maturation warehouses and formation of vehicular access

    Decided 24 Aug 2021 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 29 Apr 2024

    Received by Argyll and Bute

  2. 13 May 2024

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 29 Apr 2025

    Decision issued: Application Approved

  4. 16 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

97 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Argyll and Bute granted permission on 29 April 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About full applications

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