London-based Charles Garton Jones is aiming to build the detached houses next to his Bracken Hide Hotel, off Struan Road.

If approved, the Olli Blair Architects-designed development will occupy the site of the former Portree Golf Course, which has lain disused since the 1950s.

Mr Garton Jones told the West Highland Free Press he hopes to provide the homes with an ultrafast broadband connection free of charge for the first five years.

He said: “We have applied for 11 three-bedroom houses, and five four-bedroom houses. They are all on generous plots with good-sized gardens. The site is circa five acres, so we are looking at about three houses per acre.

“The houses are entirely within the local plan site which is allocated for housing with an indicative housing capacity of 20 houses.”

In a design statement, the architects wrote: “The proposals are designed around a contemporary interpretation of a highland clachan using an architectural language of contemporary vernacular with a communal shared surface area at the heart of it designed to foster a sustainable community.

“The layout considers topography, orientation and views and offers a much needed high-quality addition to the family housing stock in Portree.”