CAMERON House Hotel has submitted its formal application to carry out restoration work following last year’s fatal fire.

A planning statement reveals the full extent of the works which are required at the Loch Lomondside hotel. It includes recladding, new dormer windows and roof terraces, and the demolition and rebuilding of walls.

It is almost a year since the blaze at the hotel which claimed the lives of Richard Dyson and Simon Midgley on Monday, December 18 2017.

The hotel has been closed since and was only handed back to its owners in July. An inquiry into the fire is still ongoing.

Two applications have been required to be made – one for planning permission and another for listed building consent.

Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority’s planning department is now considering both, with a decision expected by Christmas.

The statement, by Lichfields planning and heritage consultants, says: “Clearance and salvage works, including the installation of a façade retention scheme are underway on site at Cameron House.

“The applications for planning permission and listed building consent, which are the subject of this statement, seek permission to re-instate the historic building, which will ultimately help bring this world-class hotel back into use.

“Since the fire in December 2017, the project team has worked to establish the extent of work required to reinstate Cameron House and to bring the resort back into operation.

“Background studies have been completed to assess the damage to the building, from both a structural and heritage perspective, to inform the structural strategy and design proposals.

“The fire resulted in a significant proportion of the listed building being exposed to the elements from ground floor level, following the collapse or removal of floors, ceilings and the roof structure above. A series of dismantling/down-taking works have therefore been required for safety reasons.

“Timber roofs and floors within the building have either been destroyed by the fire or are in poor condition, having sustained serious damage by falling masonry and exposure to water in the months that the ruin has been exposed to the elements following the fire.

“Taking the above into consideration, the report concludes that the most appropriate strategy for the reinstatement of Cameron House is to retain and restore the building façade, with the construction of a new internal framed structure within the building.”

A statement on the hotel’s website states that its hotel premises, along with the leisure club, Great Scots Bar and Cameron Grill, are expected to remain closed until autumn 2019.

The park authority has already given the hotel permission to install a temporary lodge visitor reception area and extend the southern access road, as well as demolish its central tower structure. A decision is also expected this month on the taking down of the roof structure.

The planning documents can be viewed by visiting www.lochlomond-trossachs.org and searching the planning notices for 2018/0341/LBC and 2018/0342/DET.