Plans in for Preston city centre hotel

Two of the city’s biggest architects have collaborated to submit plans for a 154-bed hotel scheme in East Cliff, Preston.

First opened in 1882 for rail passengers, the Park Hotel was later converted to offices by Lancashire County Council.

The scheme will complemented by a new 869m2 banqueting pavilion to seat up to 500 guests and overlook Miller Park, complete with kitchen and bar provision.

A deal was struck recently between Lancashire County Pension Fund and Lancashire County Council to transfer the former Park Hotel to the pension fund, which will finance the redevelopment.

“The development is right on our doorstep and in a conservation area, so not without its challenges, but it’s set to create a new tourism asset for the city that will support jobs and the wider economy and enhance Preston’s reputation as a great place to visit and do business.”

“With the ambitious redevelopment of the Markets Quarter, the revitalisation of the Guild Hall entertainment complex, hotels being planned for the old Post Office building and the Guild Tower, we are seeing Preston significantly up its game. “This collaboration between Preston’s biggest multi-disciplinary architecture and surveying companies is working very well and brings a huge amount of expertise to the project.”