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Search the Public Notice PortalWork is to start on building a 90-bedroom Premier Inn in St Ives after the appeal against the refusal of the planning application was allowed
Cornwall Council refused the application in April 2024 for the 90-room site overlooking St Ives, citing concerns about its size.
But Premier Inn owner Whitbread launched an appeal on the basis that any adverse effect would not be "significant".
That appeal has been won despite protests from locals who called it a "corporate carbuncle" and a "needless monstrosity".
The proposal will see the hotel replace the existing Cornwallis Nursing Home on Trewidden Road.
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The appeal decision by the Planning Inspectorate was published today: May 13, following a one-day hearing in St Ives on March 19.
Planning permission is now granted for the demolition of the existing care home at Trewidden Road and erection of a hotel along with associated landscaping, car parking and associated infrastructure.
Louise Woodruff, Property Acquisitions Manager at Whitbread, said: “We are very pleased that our planning appeal to bring Premier Inn to St Ives has been allowed. We will now work with the owner of Trewidden Care Home to complete the purchase of the site.
“This process is expected to take at least six months, enabling time for Cornwallis Care to support the residents and their families to transition to appropriate accommodation within their group.”
The Appeal Decision can be viewed on the Planning Inspectorate website [www.gov.uk/appeal-planning-inspectorate] with the Appeal Reference APP/D0840/W/24/3354275.
Whitbread currently operates several Premier Inn hotels in West Cornwall including at Hayle, Penzance, Cambourne and Helston. A timetable for progressing the consented hotel development at St Ives will be communicated in due course.
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