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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

Cornish hotel ordered to demolish rooms built for G7 summit

The buildings in question under construction in Carbis Bay in May 2021
The buildings in question under construction in Carbis Bay in May 2021. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/Getty Images

A Cornish beachside hotel that built nine meeting rooms without planning permission claiming they were needed for the G7 summit has been ordered to demolish them because they have caused “very significant harm” to the landscape.

The Carbis Bay hotel built the rooms in three single-storey buildings before hosting last summer’s meeting of world leaders. It said it had pressed ahead without planning permission because of the urgency of the project.

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