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

Refused East Ayrshire 15/0676/PPP Planning Permission in Principle

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Leisure and tourism development including: 450 holiday lodges; 12 glamping pitches; restoration of castle to shell conversion to hotel; new leisure facilities including lake; indoor water park with retail pizza and restaurants (6,500sqm), water sports building (600 sqm), indoor sports (5,000sqm). spa (2,000sqm) and cycle store. Erection of distillery (1,552sqm) and commuity heat plant (476sqm). Erection of phased enabling development, with a first phase of 300 residential dwellings and additional phases of residential dwellings that will enable the complete restoration of the castle to a hotel: community facilities and infrastructure.

As published by the council, reference 15/0676/PPP

Application record

Reference
15/0676/PPP
Type
Planning Permission in Principle
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused
Received
8 Sep 2015
Validated
11 Sep 2015
Decided
1 Feb 2019
Ward
Irvine Valley
Decision by
Planning Committee
Postcode
KA4 8PD

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 8 Sep 2015

    Received by East Ayrshire

  2. 11 Sep 2015

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 1 Feb 2019

    Decision issued: Refused

  4. 3 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

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What this refusal means

East Ayrshire refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About outline applications

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