MAJOR expansion plans from a leading Irvine hotel have been given the green light by licensing chiefs.
The Riverside Lodge Hotel applied to North Ayrshire's licensing board for a variation of premises licence in September.
The venue wanted an additional bar adjacent to the function suite to be used for weddings and events, and an additional outdoor drinking area on the patio/terrace area to the front of the function suite.
This will be used for weddings/events to permit guests to take drinks into this area - but will have no bar facility.
Some 11 objections were received and the board agreed to carry out a site visit on October 20.
Licensing board chair, Eleanor Collier, said: “In October we met the owner and general manager for a tour of the premises and that was really helpful."
A motion by Cllr Donald L Reid to grant the variation was unanimously agreed by the board.
Cllr Collier added: “You have made a great job of the hotel, it was looking really nice when we were there. What a difference.”
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