PLANS are afoot for the first ever legal distillery on the tiny Scots island of Raasay.
An application had been lodged with the local authority to develop a state-of-the-art distillery and visitor centre on the tiny Hebridean island off the east coast of Skye.
The plans, by the recently created R&B Distillers, would see the restoration of the island's currently derelict hotel, Borodale House and is expected to generate employment for eleven of Raasay's 120 residents.
The company is also planning a private tasting room with views of the Cuillin mountain range on Skye, five luxury en-suite rooms could be hope to open by January 2017.
R&B said it had conducted a number of protected species audits for bats, otters and the Raasay vole and the planning application includes a 'bat hotel' in the rafters to help keep them in their protected natural environment.
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