15-05-2025
Green light for extension plan at Ayrshire village community hub
Representatives of the hub previously lodged a planning application, seeking permission for the works.
Plans to build a single storey extension at Ochiltree Community Hub in the village's Main Street have been approved.
Representatives of the hub previously lodged a planning application, seeking permission for the works.
It was proposed to build the extension onto the existing kitchen at the hub and plans also sought permission for 'associated internal alterations.'
Agents in the planning proposals were Glasgow-based Anderson Bell Christie.
The project has now been approved and it is hoped the extension will enhance the offering at the hub, which caters for a wide variety of community activities and helps tackle inequalities, social isolation and mental health issues.
In approving the proposals, with conditions, East Ayrshire Council papers said: 'The proposed development is located at the rear side of Community Hub Centre, Ochiltree, and is an extension to the existing kitchen of the community hub centre.
'The principle of the proposed development is community wealth building which is found acceptable as the development would contribute to facilitate a community use building.
'The proposed extension is a small-scale development to the existing kitchen of the café of the Community hub centre. The design, scale, appearance of the proposed kitchen is appropriate to the existing building and preserve the character and appearance of the conservation area.'
The report adds: 'The nature and siting of the proposed extension would not generate any impacts on the privacy of other buildings located within the surrounding area of the site.'
