Cornwallis Street car park

The council is building a new 84 bedroom hotel on the site of the existing car park to be let to Premier Inn.

View the planning application.

The application was approved at Planning Committee in early 2022, view the press release.

On Monday 4 September 2023, Cabinet agreed to recommend an increased budget to enable the Cornwallis Street hotel to go ahead immediately, for approval at Full Council. The Cabinet meeting discussion can be watched online.

Full Council will be discussing the item on Wednesday 20 September at 6pm. This meeting will be available to watch on the council meetings page.

The press release about the Cabinet decision can be viewed on our latest news page.