Plans for 160-bedroom hotel for Nottingham’s historic Guildhall tipped for approval

Plans for 160-bedroom hotel for Nottingham’s historic Guildhall tipped for approval

Plans for 160-bedroom hotel for Nottingham’s historic Guildhall tipped for approval

Plans to turn Nottingham’s historic Guildhall into a multi-million pound hotel creating hundreds of jobs have been tipped for approval.

Earlier this year, a joint venture between Locksley Hotel and the Ascena hotel group lodged proposals with Nottingham City Council to create the hotel, which would feature a total of 160 bedrooms, a fine dining restaurant, wedding and conferencing facilities and a spa.

Originally built in 1887, the Guildhall has had a number o fuses, including as a magistrates’ court, police station and fire station.

The Burton Street site is owned by the city council and has stood empty for a decade. The authority had been based at the building between 1996 and 2010, until it moved to new offices in Loxley House.

The city council’s planning committee is now due to hold a virtual meeting on Wednesday to discuss the hotel proposals, which could create over 250 jobs.

And a report prepared by the authority planning committee ahead of that meeting has recommended that the plans be approved.