Planning application
Laphroaig Distillery Laphroaig Distillery Road Laphroaig Isle Of Islay Argyll And Bute PA42 7DU
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Formation of forest tracks
As published by the council, reference 25/01311/PAWAY
Application record
- Reference
- 25/01311/PAWAY
- Type
- Prior Approval PRIVATE WAY
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Decision
- Granted As published: Prior Approval is GRANTED
- Received
- 14 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 14 Aug 2025
- Decided
- 3 Oct 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.
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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
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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
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24/00786/PP Granted
Laphroaig Distillery Laphroaig Distillery Road Laphroaig Isle Of Islay Argyll And Bute PA42 7DU
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
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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."
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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".
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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
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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
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 Aug 2025
Received by Argyll and Bute
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3 Oct 2025
Decision issued: Prior Approval is GRANTED
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
Documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Argyll and Bute granted permission on 3 October 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 prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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