A new whisky distillery is to be built on the banks of the River Spey at Craggan, near Grantown-on-Spey.
The Cairngorms National Park Authority granted approval for the design at a meeting held on Friday. It will become the 57th working distillery on Speyside.
The company behind the new distillery is the family owned Speymalt Whisky Distributors Ltd, who trade as Gordon & MacPhail, which has been in operation for almost 125 years and owns Benromach distillery near Forres which it reopened in 1998.
Managing director Ewen Mackintosh said: “We’re delighted to have received approval for our plans and we hope to get started very quickly, potentially this year.
“We’re looking forward to becoming part of the local community here. We’ve attended quite a few local events over the last year and been really heartened by the warm welcome we have received.
“As a family-owned business located in the north of Scotland we are very much rooted in our communities and we are keen to develop strong relationships in Grantown-on-Spey and the surrounding area.”
The distillery will have warehousing, tasting rooms, a visitor centre with retail space and a coffee shop, with views across the River Spey to the Cairngorms.
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