JD Wetherspoon gets green light for £5m Hamilton hotel

JD Wetherspoon gets green light for £5m Hamilton hotel

South Lanarkshire Council’s planning committee has approved plans to convert the building, which has been empty since February 2014, into a pub and restaurant with external seating on the ground floor and a hotel on two upper floors.

The bar restaurant will provide 222 covers, with the terrace and pavement cafe providing a further 100.

The opening will create about 90 jobs.

The hotel will have its own entrance and provide 33 bedrooms but no car parking.

Wetherspoon spokesman Eddie Gershon told the Daily Record: “We believe this development will be a great asset to Hamilton and hopefully act as a catalyst for other businesses to invest in the town.

There are currently no on-site or projected opening dates.”

Meanwhile, Wetherspoon will close The Gig House in Wokingham, Berkshire, on Sunday (10 June) having previously served a break notice with the landlord.

The pub in Erftstadt Court was originally launched as a Lloyds No 1 venue, reports Wokingham Today.

 

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