A Highland hotel has been granted planning permission for a distillery to produce gin from locally gathered plants.Craig Innes, 32, and his wife Noru, 38, who currently stock more than 50 different types of gin at the Loch Leven Hotel in North Ballachulish, were keen to add some new local lines.However, they discovered that there was no gin being made in the area and decided to fill this gap in the market themselves.They set up a company called Pixel Spirits Ltd, which has been granted a rectifiers licence by HM Revenue & Customs.And they now have permission for change of use of an agricultural outbuilding near the Lochaber hotel, which they jointly own with Mr Innes’ parents.Mr Innes said they were delighted they could now go ahead with the project.