For our Design and Access Statement - 

 The site today 

• 187 new bedrooms – 355 total

• Co-working and meeting space, a restaurant and bar, extensive and attractive landscaping, and improvements to access and amenity areas

• Retain and significantly improve the existing building whilst developing a new linked building alongside it

• Revive the site as a first-class provider of hospitality in the post-COVID era 

• Offer high-quality architecture, designed to fit into surroundings and be conscious of the amenity of adjacent buildings

• Bring life into the site and create new connections with the local area

• Provide a more open, accessible, and welcoming feel through conscientious landscaping

• Bring employment opportunities to the local community by increasing the capacity of the hotel