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Plans submitted for new 52 room hotel development in Gainsborough

Plans submitted for new 52 room hotel development in Gainsborough

Plans submitted for new 52 room hotel development in Gainsborough

10 April 2014

 
 
 
Gainsborough’s ambitions for a smart, town centre hotel took a step forward this week with new plans being submitted for a key site in the town.
 
The new £3 million development will transform the former Sun Inn site on the corner of Market Street and North Street with an attractively designed Edwardian style hotel which will house 52 bedrooms.
 
The proposals have been brought forward by Dransfield Properties; the company has worked closely with West Lindsey District Council’s planning department on the architectural style – ensuring it fits in with the neighbouring buildings, in this prominent town centre location.
 
There’s been a long held aspiration for a hotel in Gainsborough in a good town centre location to boost local business and tourism. The Sun Inn closed several years ago and the new plans for the site would see the building re-developed and a disused town centre site brought back into use. 
 
Dransfield Properties bought the building earlier this year and has been working with the design team at Dixon Dawson Architects to bring forward an attractive, well designed development for the site. 
 
The same design team which worked on the town’s award winning Marshall’s Yard development, also brought forward by Dransfield Properties Ltd, has worked on the plans for the new hotel. The building has been designed to a traditional Edwardian design with a natural stone plinth and arched windows on the ground floor.
 
The company is now working with West Lindsey District Council to attract grant funding to ensure the project can be delivered.
 
Managing Director of Dransfield Properties, Mark Dransfield, said: “We know from our own experience that there is definitely a need for a hotel in Gainsborough town centre, and this is something the local authority has been working towards for some time. 
 
“This development would be a great addition to the town and a boost to both tourism and the wider economy in Gainsborough. 
 
“The Sun Inn site is located on a key site so we have challenged our architects to deliver a statement building which will stand the test of time.  I think the design is exceptional and sends a clear message that Gainsborough is a strong market town and worthy of investment”.
 
The plans were submitted at the beginning of April and will be discussed by WLDC planners later in the year.
 
For more information about Dransfield Properties visit www.dransfield.co.uk 
 
Picture shows current Sun Inn site in Gainsborough and the artist’s impression of what the new hotel would look like.

 

For further information, contact:

Public Relations Department, Dransfield Properties Ltd
Tel: 01226 360644
Email: pr@dransfield.co.uk