Monday, September 30, 2024

News: Rotherham hotel expansion plans checked in again

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New plans are back in to extend a Rotherham hotel, eight years after the operator secured approval for a similar scheme.

Premier Inn has identified a "considerable demand" for additional accommodation at its Rotherham East hotel in the Brecks area.

The latest proposal, drawn up by Walshingham Planning, is for a 4,800 sq ft two storey extension to the east of the current hotel. It would provide an additional 16 bedrooms but two current rooms would be lost to create a new corridor. It would take the total rooms at the site from 62 to 76.

The Premier Inn was originally constructed in 1984. It underwent extensions and alterations in the 1990s and early 2000s and has been extended most recently in 2006.

2016 plans for an extension to the east was for a net increase of 21 bedrooms over three floors. It was approved despite objections regarding car parking and the impact on nearby businesses. However, the scheme was never built out.

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The latest application states: "The proposed development will meet Premier Inn's operational requirements at this location, and will help to address the identified bedroom demand.

"It is proposed to erect a two-storey extension to the east of the hotel to provide a net additional 14 bedrooms on the site. The extension will provide an additional 16 bedrooms, but two existing bedrooms will be lost to accommodate an internal corridor. The extended hotel will provide a total of 76 bedrooms.

"The extension will incorporate identical design features to the hotel and will represent a continuation of the building.

"As a consequence of the extension, the car park to the east of the hotel will be reconfigured. The extended hotel and restaurant will be served by a total of 83 car parking spaces including 12 disabled bays. This excludes the 16 spaces which are allocated to the Sainsbury's Local store."

The development would lead to a net reduction of 15 car parking spaces.

The application adds: "With the development in place, there is estimated to be a peak accumulation of 72 cars, assuming all hotels rooms are occupied. The total number of car parking spaces proposed to serve the extended hotel and restaurant (83 spaces) is therefore considered to be suitable to accommodate the likely demands generated by the uses, offering spare capacity for any intermittent peaks on unusually busy days."

Earlier this year, Premier Inn's parent company, Whitbread plc announced a move to "unlock 3,500 new room extensions" and increase the brand's total rooms to 97,000 across the UK within the next four years though extensions and by converting underperforming restaurant space - a c.£500m investment.

Premier Inn website

Images: Google Maps / Walshingham Planning

20 comments:

Anonymous,  September 30, 2024 at 5:38 PM  

Asylum seekers. Be good for the restaurant though, no one else in their right mind would eat there.

Anonymous,  September 30, 2024 at 8:00 PM  

Premier Inn don't house asylum seekers, though I doubt facts will have any impact on you peddling your false narrative

Anonymous,  October 1, 2024 at 11:30 AM  

The article is a little misleading. Plans for the hotel were first submitted in 1990, not 1984 (not that it matters!).

I think this scheme might be problematic with the lack of parking on the site. I can't see many hotel visitors wanting to travel there via the bus or cycle lanes. If these plans are passed it will undoubtedly impact on Sainsburys. Having said that, it's great to see that the Brecks appears to be doing well.

Anonymous,  October 1, 2024 at 11:32 AM  

Inflammatory and infantile
Does your nursery teacher know you have access to the Internet?

Anonymous,  October 1, 2024 at 7:08 PM  

You should give the Brecks a visit, it's really poor these days. It's a shame, it used to be good with very friendly staff. There's a reason they offer 50% off regularly.

Anonymous,  October 2, 2024 at 12:00 AM  

Premier Inn does not have any contracts with the government or councils to house asylum seekers. The focus is on the UK leisure market, and their increased investment in more UK rooms is due to continued high occupancy rates. A little research would tell you this as it's well documented online.

Anonymous,  October 2, 2024 at 2:39 AM  

I'll stick to the County thanks.

Anonymous,  October 4, 2024 at 8:30 AM  

I can thoroughly recommend the County's Sunday carvery and Thursday's Tea Dance.

Anonymous,  October 4, 2024 at 11:29 AM  

That you Colin?

Anonymous,  October 4, 2024 at 1:40 PM  

More rooms, less parking spots. I can see the Hotel putting up parking restrictions like some pub restaurants have done over the last few years. Residents of the hotel won't be too happy if they can't park as spots have been taken up by people shopping in Sainsburys or going to the snooker hall or dance school.

Anonymous,  October 5, 2024 at 12:19 PM  

It is now Premier Inn policy to encourage hotel guests to arrive by bicycle. Anyone doing so will receive complementary cycle clips, pump and puncture outfit.

Anonymous,  October 6, 2024 at 7:01 AM  

Stayed in Premier Inn many times but never seen Lenny Henry

Anonymous,  October 6, 2024 at 8:49 AM  

Can you take your bike into your room? I'm wanting to organise a cycling break for the Attercliffe Wheelers.

Anonymous,  October 6, 2024 at 11:32 PM  

Gosh, are the Wheelers still going strong? Went on some lovely days out with them as a lad.

Anonymous,  October 7, 2024 at 1:16 PM  

Yes, all Premier Inns allow you to take your bike into your room.

Anonymous,  October 7, 2024 at 3:00 PM  

Think he's emptying bins in Eastwood.

Anonymous,  October 7, 2024 at 4:37 PM  

No need. Apparently no one puts anything in them.

Anonymous,  October 12, 2024 at 9:06 AM  

I think the complaints about Eastwood bins is unfair. It is the council's responsibility to make clear to residents what goes in which bin and at the moment there is clearly a language issue. So they should place picture guides on the bins to indicate the type of items that should be put in them. After all this service is already provide for some Rotherham residents. For example bins with a Chardonnay bottle in Whiston and a syringe in Wickersley.

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