Plans on hold for Inverness Hotel

Developer Carlton Rock, it appears, has shelved plans for the time being, to build a new hotel in Inverness. The company withdrew its plans on the day before its crucial planning meeting at Highland Council.
The company had put in plans to build a seven storey, 165-bedroom property on a site at Glebe Street, overlooking the River Ness, which had formerly been an old swimming pool. Highland Council planning officers had recommended that councillors give the company planning permission for the development. Aberdeen-based Carlton Rock has not given any explanations as to why it has withdrawn the plans. It follows prior consent for a development of identical use, which lapsed earlier this year.