Coll letting units approved

The application by Indigo Carnie for the site at Friesland Farm was part retrospective after internal alterations were made to the buildings.

Argyll and Bute Council has awarded planning permission after no objections or expressions of support were received from the public.

A council official said in a handling report: “The existing buildings are located approximately 170 metres and 235 metres to the southwest of the main farmhouse at Friesland Farm.

“The buildings are located in an area of rough coastal grazing within the wider landholding of Friesland Farm.

“The two buildings the subject of this current planning application have, since the previous prior notification applications, been internally altered to provide ancillary accommodation associated with the farmhouse, and as such this current planning application is partially retrospective.

“The information submitted with the application further advises that Friesland Farm previously comprised approximately 600 acres and was run as a conventional farm.

“From the late 1990s, the landholding has instead been managed as a nature reserve, focussing on habitat management and woodland creation.

In 2019, the majority of the landholding associated with Friesland Farm was sold, leaving approximately 30 acres around the farmhouse.

“The applicant of this current planning application intends to continue to focus on habitat management and manage the site to an extent as a smallholding, with the possibility of very low density and low input livestocking (up to 12 sheep).”