Two new hotels planned for Edinburgh Airport
10.02.10
Two new hotels are being planned for Edinburgh Airport, the Scotsman reports. An English property developer will shortly be submitting a full planning application for a 350-bed development on Almond Avenue, on the opposite side of the road to the airport control tower.
The seven-storey development will be split into a 150-bed four-star hotel and a 200-bed three-star hotel, with meeting rooms, a bar and restaurant, and a gymnasium. Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners (NLP), planning agents for Stockton-on-Tees based developer Theakston Estates, has already held a public display of the plans.
Edinburgh Airport has one of the smallest room-to-passenger ratios of all major airports in the UK. A study undertaken on behalf of the council has estimated that more than 550 additional bedrooms will be required at the airport by the end of this year.
The developers say that as well as alleviating this shortage, the hotel will bring a number of other benefits to the city, including a £35 million investment at Edinburgh Airport, regeneration of a largely vacant gateway site, approximately 175 new jobs in managerial, administrative and service posts and approximately 325 temporary jobs during construction.
Neil Anderson, commercial director, BAA Edinburgh Airport, told the newspaper: ‘We're leasing this land to Theakston Developments for what we think is an exciting hotel development. As the UK's fastest growing airport, we know there is a real demand for hotel space both adjacent to the airport and in Edinburgh itself. There has been significant interest in the site and we watch the development with interest.’
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