Plans for a £6.4 million transformation of an historic Inverness hotel have been lodged with Highland Council.Patio Hotel Group wants to turn the nine-bed B-listed Maple Court Hotel on the banks of River Ness into a four star, 50-room, hotel with a restaurant.A design statement for the proposal by Colin Armstrong Associates states the applicants will turn the Ballifeary Lane building back into a viable business after it has fallen into an ‘appalling state of repair’.It is expected to be closed and boarded up next month.