Whitbread has won planning permission on appeal for a 294-bedroom hub by Premier Inn hotel, in Marylebone in central London.
The appeal allows the firm to redevelop a former office building at 191 Old Marylebone Road into a new thirteen-storey hotel.
The planning appeal focused on the location of the hotel’s servicing bay. Whitbread successfully argued that the servicing bay should be located on Harcourt Street, a street adjacent to 191 Old Marylebone Road, rather than on Old Marylebone Road as was preferred by Westminster City Council.
In his judgement the planning inspector stated that using Harcourt Street to service the hotel would not result in harm to traffic or pedestrians nor result in the loss of a street tree as had been claimed by the council.
Derek Griffin, head of acquisitions for Whitbread in central London, said: “Our successful appeal at Old Marylebone Road adds a further 300 bedrooms to our growing portfolio of hub by Premier Inn hotels in central London.
“It increases our presence in a part of the city that lacks high-quality and affordable hotel accommodation, and grows our network of hub by Premier Inn hotels in the City of Westminster to five sites.”
Launched in 2015, hub by Premier Inn hotels offer compact bedrooms – approximately half the size of a ‘standard’ Premier Inn room. Outside of central London, Whitbread operates three hub by Premier Inn hotels in Edinburgh.
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