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Search the Public Notice PortalPLANS to demolish a former farm steading near Helensburgh have been given the green light.
The owners of Duirland Farm, Luss Estates, submitted two applications to Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park in a bid to transform the farmhouse and the surrounding site.
The first application was made to demolish the barn buildings but retaining the farmhouse except for its single storey extensions and porch.
The site, located at Glen Fruin, comprises a collection of five rubble walled stone barns which are missing their roofs and an adjoining farmhouse which has been disused for some considerable time.
Proposals to extend the farmhouse to a four-bedroom family home were approved under a separate planning application.
It will see a master bedroom, second bedroom, and small family lounge located on the ground floor of the original farmhouse, with the second floor retaining two further bedrooms and a family bathroom.
The farmhouse will also be extended to the southwest to form an L-shaped to accommodate a further bedroom, utility room, ensuites, a further WC and an open plan kitchen, dining and snug area.
The small porch on the front of the building is to be removed, making way for a window to match the size and size of the existing windows either side.
These plans would also include a detached car port to the rear of the property.
Approving the plans, national park officers said: "Subject to the conditions referenced; to safeguard protected species (bats) and the historic environment, the demolition of the buildings is acceptable, and prior approval can be granted.
"The proposed alterations and extension to the farmhouse are considered to represent an appropriate and high-quality design response which retains the legibility and traditional character of the original farmhouse while allowing a contemporary addition of acceptable scale, form and materials.
"The identified historic environment interests and potential protected species impacts, drainage and water supply and amenity matters can be appropriately managed through planning conditions."
The plans were approved for the demolition on the condition that no work shall take place within the development until the developer has secured the implementation of a programme of archaeological works in accordance with a written scheme of investigation which has been submitted by the applicant, agreed by the West of Scotland Archaeology Service, and approved by the planning authority.
A second condition included that the hours of demolition and associated works shall be restricted to between 8am and 6.30pm Monday to Friday and 8am to 1pm on Saturdays.
There shall be no works on Sundays or Bank Holidays.
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