Owners given deadline to repair the Station Hotel in Ayr

The owners of an iconic hotel building in Ayr - which has fallen into disrepair - have been given three weeks to come up with a plan to make it safe.

South Ayrshire Council has issued a 'Dangerous Building Notice' for the privately-owned Station Hotel.

The local authority says recent bad weather's made it a risk to the public, because of things like defective sandstone, loose slates and unstable signs.

The owners of the hotel now have 21 days to advise the Council of what they intend to do to meet the requirements of the notice.

Councillor Douglas Campbell, Leader of South Ayrshire Council said: “While this property is privately owned and should be maintained to a safe standard by its owners, we have a statutory duty to take action when we have concerns and evidence that public safety could be at risk – and that’s exactly what we’re doing.

“It’s now up to the owners to take action before the issues we’ve identified become a real cause for concern and damage neighbouring properties or injure residents or visitors in the vicinity of the building. That’s the last thing anyone wants to happen and is why we’ve taken the unusual course of action of issuing a statutory notice.

“I hope this provides the necessary wake-up call to the owners and we see decisive action taken promptly and effectively. If we have to organise or carry out any work, we will be actively pursuing the owners for costs.”

The Council will continue to monitor the building with the notice remaining in place until the work is completed to the satisfaction of building standards surveyors