Five-storey hotel planned for seaside town

Current plans include an enclosed bridge linking the hotel with the conference centre at Blackpool's Winter Gardens

Updated plans to build a five-storey hotel in Blackpool are being drawn up.

Outline planning permission was granted in June 2021 for the construction of a 160-room hotel next to the town's Winter Gardens, as well as a two-storey car park.

The land between Alfred Street, Adelaide Street and Leopold Grove is currently being used as a car park.

No development has yet taken place.

'Growth of delegates'

Blackpool Council bought the site about two years ago for an undisclosed sum.

It had been marketed for sale with a £3m price tag.

A tweaked planning application had been submitted by the council in order to "better reflect the work being done", after architects were brought on board.

Documents said the application sought to ensure that it "sufficiently allows for alterations which may occur as a result of design evolution".

Current plans for a hotel include an enclosed bridge linking the second floor with the Winter Gardens conference centre.

Blackpool Council said it had always been their intention to build a hotel next to the Winter Gardens "to cater for the growth of delegates staying overnight".

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