Hotel to build 30 extra rooms in conservation area

Developers of the Clayton Hotel originally wanted to build an additional 37 rooms

A city centre hotel has been given approval to build 30 new rooms in a conservation area.

The Clayton Hotel in Station Road, Cambridge, is a seven-storey hotel with a restaurant, bar, meeting rooms and a gym.

Developers wanted to extend the back of the hotel to make way for the additional guest rooms.

Initial plans to build 37 rooms had been rejected but councillors voted in favour of the revised plans.

The hotel originally opened in March 2017 as the Tamburlaine and is situated in the heart of Cambridge.

A representative of the hotel's developer told Cambridge City Council the extra rooms would "enhance the vitality and secure the viability" of the hotel.

They said the plans were sustainable because the rooms would be close to trains, buses and walking and cycle networks.

Railpen, the owner of a neighbouring office building, claimed the planned extension would reduce daylight in its outside seating area.

Planning officers said there would be a “significant reduction” of sunlight covering the outside seating area in March, but that the impact was lower in the summer months.

They also said workers could use the adjacent pocket park as an outdoor space.

The application was approved on 11 June.