Botanic Gardens Benmore Estate Roads Benmore Argyll And Bute PA23 8QU Data via plota.co.uk

2025/0361/DET - Detailed Planning Permission Current

Proposal

Extension to existing visitor facilities to provide ancillary facilities including public toilets, cycle storage/charging/repair station and reconfiguration of car park Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
18 Dec 2025
Validated
13 Jan 2026
Consultation
8 Jul 2026
Decision
Expected by 12 Mar 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 12 Sept 2026; it is now day 242.

Site constraints 2

Registered park or garden: Benmore (Younger Botanic Garden)
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic Environment Scotland ↗
3 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Walled Garden, Younger Botanic Garden, Benmore House, Grade B, 50 m away · 2 Grade B, 1 Grade C
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic Environment Scotland ↗
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Application type
Detailed Planning Permission
Postcode
PA23 8QU
Received
18 Dec 2025
Validated
13 Jan 2026
Ward
Cowal Ward
Parish
Kilmun CC
Case officer
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Target decision
12 Mar 2026
Applicant
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Agent
Oran Architecture

Decision outlook

Day 242, past the statutory target. 71% of extensions in Loch Lomond are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 10 Sept 2026.

Day 242186 days past the 56-day target
21%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
35decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Loch Lomond in the last twelve months, from validation. Loch Lomond decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 10 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
100736455-001
Neighbours
20 Jan 2026
Consultation
8 Jul 2026
Site or press notice
30 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry
12 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No