Related article: The end of the Ironworks as hotel plan gets the go ahead from Highland Council on the narrowest possible margin paving the way for work to start on building a £30 million Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Inverness

The long-running saga of whether a hotel will be built on the site of the Ironworks in Inverness has ended after it was granted planning permission today.

The move means that the music venue will have to be demolished to make way for the new building

Objections from music fans mourning the impending loss of the city’s main music venue, the impact on the historic environment, petitions and members’ general dissatisfaction with the hotel’s architecture were not enough to stop the project.

But council planners had recommended approval of the plans because the application satisfied the planning regulations.

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