Plans are lodged for lost boathouse on its original plinth at Aldourie Castle Estate overlooking Loch Ness
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Organisers from the Aldourie Castle Estate have applied for permission to reinstate a lost boathouse on its original plinth.
The application has been resubmitted and relates to a previous listed building consent proposal with a different rendition of the roof structure.
Planners from Highland Council currently have the proposal for the site – which is described as a vacant concrete plinth – under consideration.
Historic Environment Scotland, which has been consulted about the plan, has considered the information received and did not have any comments to make on the proposals.
In a statement, a spokesman said: “Our decision not to provide comments should not be taken as our support for the proposals.
“This application should be determined in accordance with national and local policy on listed building consent, together with related policy guidance.”
It is one of two former boathouses on the banks of Loch Ness which the applicant hopes could be restored after remains of the original structures were discovered.
They are located in the grounds of the castle – which is owned by Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen.
A previous planning application was submitted in 2020 to restore the boathouses, which were part of the 19th century expansion of the castle and were typical of a Scottish country estate, last year.
An old map indicates a pier in a natural cove on the loch shores, served by a track within the castle’s woodland, according details in the bid.
