Hotel plan for former city pub given go-ahead

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

Plans to turn a former pub in Leicester city centre into a hotel have been approved.

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

However, developer Friends Tavern Leicester Ltd wants it to be turned into a 56-bedroom hotel.

Planning officers at Leicester City Council granted permission for the development, using delegated powers, on Tuesday.

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.