Plans to create a new hotel in the centre of Leicester have just been approved.
The site is 1 Pocklingtons Walk in a Grade II-listed building which originally opened as offices for the Poor Law Commissioners in 1882. More recently the building has housed a registry office but it has been largely vacant since the 1970’s.
Plans envisage a 38-bedroom hotel on the site with 14 ground floor rooms and the remainder on upper floors. Reception would also be located be on the ground floor with a fitness area in the basement.
1 Pocklingtons Walk forms part of the Market Street Conservation Area in Leicester.