Wolverhampton's Moon Under Water hotel plans expanded

The £15m transformation includes plans for a museum and hotel

Plans to transform Wolverhampton's Moon Under Water pub into a hotel and heritage centre have been revised, with 25 more rooms in an upstairs storey that has been unused for 33 years.

City of Wolverhampton Council planners previously granted permission for the £15m revamp of the Wetherspoon's pub in Lichfield Street.

The space above the pub had been home to a Co-op store until the early 1990s.

A revised application has been submitted by the company.

The current space above the pub has been unused for 33 years, the company said

Permission granted was for the upper floors of the building, with its Art Deco frontage, to be converted into a museum and 71-bedroom hotel.

If approved, the revised proposal will also see the creation of an additional 21 rooms, plus a further four rooms in an extension over an existing flat roof.

"We are pleased to have increased the number of rooms that we are hoping to offer in the hotel," said a company spokesman.

Council leader, Stephen Simkins, said the revised proposals showed a "great confidence" in the city and would "breathe new life into an empty space at the heart of the city centre".

"It is an exciting proposition that will boost our hotel offer and provide jobs for local people," he added.