PLANS have been lodged for a £40 million whisky distillery development near Jedburgh.
Mossburn Distillers hope to build the plant at the former Jedforest Hotel at Camptown.
Developers claim it could create 50 full-time jobs and produce millions of bottles a year.
The proposed facilities include a 200-seat restaurant.
A planning application has been submitted to Scottish Borders Council with a decision expected in the autumn. The company is also behind the Torabhaig distillery on the Isle of Skye.
The project is one of a number of schemes in the pipeline for the Borders.
The Three Stills Company has lodged plans for a site on Commercial Road in Hawick.
Last year a competition by R&B Distillers saw the public pick Peebles as the preferred site for a distillery.
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