‘For sale’ golf centre hopes to reinstate hotel planning permission

'For sale' golf centre hopes to reinstate hotel planning permission

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The owners of Strathmore Golf Centre at Alyth are to reinstate previously approved plans for hotel, holiday and leisure facilities as they look to sell the 79.32ha site.

Operated by business partners David Norman, together with Peter and Simon Howell, for the past 20 years, the centre has previously achieved outline planning permission to develop a range of on-site leisure facilities and tourist accommodation.

Currently offering two golf courses, the Par 72, multi-award-winning 18-Hole ‘Rannaleroch’ Golf Course, together with the Par 27, 9-Hole Leitfie Links Course, the centre includes a 10-bay floodlit driving range, additional practice facilities, and a popular in-house restaurant.

Under the previously achieved outline planning permission came the development of a new or extended clubhouse, alongside a thirty-bed sporting lodge complete with gymnasium, hot tub and jacuzzi, and 34 luxury chalet-style self-catering lodges, spread over three locations across the site. Also included in the planning proposal was a separate Manager’s House.

Regarding the future of Strathmore Golf Centre, David Norman said: “It’s known that we are ultimately looking to sell the centre in preparation to retire. A luxury staycation resort could easily be created here, with chalet-style lodges easy to site.”

“As we have had outline planning granted for this before, which has now lapsed, it would not be at all difficult for a new owner to apply and achieve it again,” David continued.

“The proposals were detailed and well thought out. It’s the type of development that would be very much welcomed, creating much needed visitor accommodation, generating jobs and revenue throughout the area, whilst continuing to put Alyth on the map as yet another beautiful Perthshire destination.

“Alyth is equidistant from the three major cities of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen, being just over an hour from each of them, along with being within easy reach of Perth, Dundee, and the entire Central Belt. Gleneagles, St Andrews and Carnoustie are each only 45 minutes away from Strathmore Golf Course, so overall the staycation would be an ideal base for many visitors and tourists – not just golfers.

“Plenty of staycation resorts have a golf course as part of their offering, and it tends to make them even more desirable. However, Strathmore Golf Course isn’t ‘just another course’, it is a shining star and has achieved PGA Championship Course status. In the words of many notable PGA Professional Golfers, Strathmore Golf Course, to coin a phrase, is truly a hidden gem.”

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