Premier Inn's owner has been granted planning permission to rebuild a hotel in Bristol which was ravaged by fire in 2019.
Whitbread has secured consent from South Gloucestershire Council to rebuild a larger hotel on the site where the former 177-bed Cribbs Causeway hotel and restaurant was destroyed.
The group said it would now start clearing the site and build a 183-bed hotel and restaurant for 150 people.
The section of the property facing on to Cribbs Causeway will be raised by a storey to accommodate an undercroft car parking area.
The new design will follow the same 'u-shaped' building footprint as the old hotel but will look more “up-to-date”, according to Whitbread, which said it expected to complete the work by 2021.
Richard Aldread, Head of Construction in the 海角视频 regions and Ireland at Whitbread, said: “Getting the green light to rebuild the Cribbs Causeway Premier Inn is positive news for Whitbread and Bristol.
“We committed early to rebuilding the hotel following the 2019 fire and our new design will deliver a latest specification Premier Inn in an important and popular location.
“We have been working on the plans for many months but with planning permission now granted, we’re looking forward to getting onto site later this summer.”
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In its report to councillors, planning officers praised the architectural style of the new hotel and restaurant, and the proposed landscaping around the site.
It was also noted the new hotel and restaurant would have a BREEAM ‘very good’ rating by achieving an additional 35 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions over and above the standards set in the Building Regulations 2013.
The approved Cribbs Causeway hotel and restaurant was designed by Axiom Architects and TowerEight has been appointed to project manage the build.
Whitbread said that when it opens, the hotel will operate with strict safety measures in place, including hand sanitiser, screens at check-in and floor markings to enforce social distancing.