Carlisle aparthotel to double capacity
UK: The Halston Aparthotel in Carlisle is set to submit plans for a major expansion.
The Halston, in Warwick Road, is looking to implement phase
three of its development on the site of the former Lonsdale
cinema.
Director Simon Harrison said: "We are very close. The plans will
be submitted within the next month."
The Halston opened in July 2014, transforming the former Crown
Post Office into serviced accommodation. The owners then bought the
neighbouring Lonsdale site, securing planning permission to build
an extension.
The site already has planning consent for a three-storey building,
housing shops on the ground floor, extra hotel accommodation above
and parking at the rear. But The Halston want to amend the plan to
build more serviced apartments.
"We want to reinstate the frontage. We gave a commitment to do
that when we knocked the Lonsdale down. It's taken a bit of extra
time to get the building right," said Harrison.
The original plans were for eight extra apartments, but they now
want to up that to 19 - more than doubling the existing 16-room
capacity.
If granted, it is hoped work could start in early 2017.
thehalston.com