The operators of a ferry crossing to Skye are planning to build a cafe and visitor centre.
The Isle of Skye Ferry Community Interest Company hope to open the centre to increase revenue and provide tourist information to passengers.
The company run the MV Glenachulish, the world’s last seafaring turntable ferry, between Kylerhea on Skye and Glenelg on the mainland, where the visitor centre is planned.
It would be built in the corner of a council-owned car park in Glenelg, overlooking the Kylerhea narrows.
Highland Council planners have recommended that councillors grant planning permission in principle when the scheme goes before them next week.
The plans attracted seven objections as well as late representations from the local community council, the Glenelg and Arnisdale Development Trust as well as from another four homes.
Supportive comments were received late from nine different households.
Objections have focused on the loss of parking, detracting from existing buildings and an adverse impact on existing businesses.
However, ferry development officer Jo Crawford said the development was “essential” for the further development of the crossing.
She said: “We’ve more or less plateaued in the number of people we can carry and obviously we are in constant competition with the bridge.
“We are looking for is something where we can get our passengers to sit down and have a cup of tea, a small sort of terminal.”
The company is planning to offer tourist advice to passengers about attractions in the Glenelg area.
The new building would also sell ferry merchandise and provide office space for staff.
Detailed plans will be drawn-up for the scheme ahead of a full planning application being made, but Ms Crawford said that the building would be “discreet” with a turf roof and timber construction.
The ferry operates between April and October each year, carrying somewhere between 33,000 to 35,000 on the crossing each year.
The community owned company took over the running of the route in 2007.