New homes next to Mar Hall resort could "set precedent" for future planning applications, council leader fears

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PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happens"But it is finely balanced because it’s not compliant with a number of elements of policy.

It’s not normal we would be approving an application like this."Mar Hall is a 19th-century category A listed building and is the only five-star hotel in Renfrewshire.Prior to being a resort, it was a hospital for limbless soldiers and sailors and was the second-largest specialist hospital of its kind in the UK.The housing development will include 20 four and five-bed homes and five three-bed bungalows, all of which will be detached.Mar Estates has said the access to the new housing development would be via the existing hotel access road with additional internal roads proposed.Fifty new native trees are set.