Hotel plan for former pub set for approval

The building was built as a department store in the 1950s

Plans to turn a former pub in Leicester city centre into a hotel are set to be given the go-ahead.

The Last Plantagenet, in Granby Street, closed in 2019 and has since been converted into student accommodation.

However, Friends Tavern Leicester Ltd has drawn up plans for it to be turned into a 56-bedroom hotel.

Leicester City Council's planning committee is set to vote on the proposal on Wednesday.

Planning officers have recommended the application be approved.

Documents lodged with the council said the hotel rooms would be self-catering and have food vending machines.

The developer said the hotel would seek to attract couples on short stay breaks in the city.

The art deco five-storey building, built in the 1950s, was formerly a department store called Maples.