Urbanist Hotels vow to appeal Old Royal High School planning rejection
September 12 2017
Duddingston House Properties and Urbanist Hotels propose to transform the A-listed landmark into a 127-bed hotel designed by Hoskins Architects but face an uphill battle after the local authorities planning sub-committee voted unanimously to reject the plans for a second time, having already refused an earlier 2015 iteration.
David Orr, co-founder of Urbanist Hotels commented: “We fully recognise the importance of Hamilton’s Old Royal High School Building on a national level and our revised proposals guarantee the future of Hamilton’s masterpiece, both architecturally and financially.
“As such, we have advised the Planning and Environmental Appeals Division of the Scottish Government that it is our intention to appeal the council’s committee decision.”
A separate scheme seeking to rework the venue as a Music School has received planning but is unable to move on-site until a commercial agreement between the council and the hotel developers lapses in 2022.
1 Comment
#1 Posted by Billy on 16 Sep 2017 at 05:48 AM
They should take the hint and build their hotel on some brown site. As we were told with Brexit the decision has been made,accept and move on. Or does big business think if they persist they will get their way and the answer they want. Any modern extension would detract from the beauty of this building in such a prominent site.
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