Premier hotel at North Bay
Concerns surround future of Con Club build
Premier Inn is to build a 84-bedroom hotel near the £14 million Alpamare waterpark in North Bay and the Tunny Catch, which could open in 2018.
Scarborough is to get a brand new hotel.
It has been confirmed that Premier Inn is to build an 84-bedroom hotel on the waterpark site in Burniston Road – creating up to 40 new jobs.
The chain also confirmed it is committed to extending its current town centre building into the former Constitutional Club despite the building being granted listed status earlier this year.
The waterpark hotel was revealed by waterpark developer Benchmark to The Scarborough News last year.
On Friday, last week, Scarborough Council’s leader, Cllr Derek Bastiman, told the authority’s full council meeting that an agreement had been signed for Premier Inn to operate the hotel, which will be situated between the Tunny Catch pub and the £14 million Alpamare attraction.
Construction on the Scarborough hotel is expected to start in August this year.
Cllr Bastiman told the meeting: “I’m delighted to inform members that conditional contracts have been signed with Benchmark and Whitbread to construct a Premier Inn hotel at Burniston Road that will be located between the Alpamare waterpark and Marston’s Tunny Catch.
“Subject to discharging the subject conditions, such as planning and licensing, the hotel phase is expected to start in August this year, with a 50-week construction build period.
“I’m sure members will be exited at the news which demonstrates once again shows that significant investment is being pumped into the borough.”
Matt Aubrey, Whitbread acquisitions manager for Northern England, added: “Having exchanged contracts with a developer for a new 84-bedroom hotel in Burniston Road, we look forward to a decision on the planning application which will be submitted in a few weeks time.
“Scarborough is an exciting location for us to invest in and bringing another Premier Inn here will create up to 40 new jobs.”
Work has come to a halt on the extension at the former Constitutional Club following the Grade 2 Listed status being granted.
It means the plan to demolish the building, which was submitted by a developer who will then sell the completed building to the hotel chain, will have to be resubmitted and find a way to complete the build without calling in the bulldozers.
Mr Aubrey added: “At our current town centre site, our development partner is working through the relevant approvals for the design, and we hope to see construction start in the coming months.”
The developer claimed that the cost of keeping the front of the building would add £500,000 to the cost of the project.