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Loudoun Castle Estate A71 Galston Roundabout To U33 Woodhead Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8PD

Granted East Ayrshire 15/0015/PREAPP Pre-Application

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

Proposal

Leisure and tourism development including holiday lodges, glamping pitches, lake, sports and leisure buildings and facilities, castle restoration and conversion to hotel, distillery, enabling housing (up to 1,025 units) and associated infrastructure and planting

As published by the council, reference 15/0015/PREAPP

Application record

Reference
15/0015/PREAPP
Type
Pre-Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Approved
Received
1 May 2015
Validated
1 May 2015
Decided
12 May 2015
Ward
Irvine Valley
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
KA4 8PD

Site history

Applications at this address on the East Ayrshire register

This site has had 6 applications since 2013: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 14/0852/PPP Withdrawn

    Loudoun Castle Estate A71 Galston Roundabout To U33 Woodhead Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8PD

    Leisure & tourism devpt including; up to 450 holiday lodges, up to 12 glamping pitches, restoration of Castle to shell & conversion to hotel; new leisure facilities including: lake, indoor water park with retail plaza & restaurants (6,500sqm), water sports building (600sqm), indoor sports (5,000sqm), spa (2,000sqm) & cycle store. Erection of distillery (1,552sqm) & community heat plant (476sqm). Erection of enabling development of up to 1,025 dwellings & community facilities & infrastructure

    Decided 4 Sep 2015 Outline
  • 13/0031/EIASCR Decided

    Loudoun Castle Estate A71 Galston Roundabout To U33 Woodhead Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8PD

    Formal request for screening opinion (Golf Course)

    Decided 2 Apr 2013 Outline
  • 13/0028/EIASCR Decided

    Loudoun Castle Estate A71 Galston Roundabout To U33 Woodhead Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8PD

    Request for screening opinion

    Decided 2 Apr 2013 Outline
  • 13/0002/PREAPP Decided

    Loudoun Castle Estate A71 Galston Roundabout To U33 Woodhead Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8PD

    Proposed creation of 18 hole golf course, clubhouse, golf academy, associated infrastructure, maintenance buildings, lighting and landscaping

    Submitted 14 Feb 2013 Outline
  • 13/0001/PREAPP Decided

    Loudoun Castle Estate A71 Galston Roundabout To U33 Woodhead Galston East Ayrshire KA4 8PD

    Proposed renovation of castle and outbuildings to create 5 hotel, spa and erection of holiday lodges, retailing/food and beverage, whisky distillery, housing, care home, supporting tourism uses, landscaping scheme, renewable energy plant and supporting infrastructure.

    Submitted 14 Feb 2013 Outline

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 1 May 2015

    Received by East Ayrshire

  2. 12 May 2015

    Decision issued: Approved

  3. 3 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

2 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

East Ayrshire granted permission on 12 May 2015, 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 outline applications

An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.

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