Growing hospitality company The Inn Collection Group is poised to plough a significant sum into the transformation of a North Tyneside acquisition.
The Alnwick based pub company acquired the Park Hotel in Tynemouth last March and has been seeking planning permission to bring the art deco building back to its former glory, while creating new additions for guests.
Now the firm’s proposals have been approved by council planners, paving the way for an extensive remodelling of the site, which will create 70 new jobs once open later this year.
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The former Park Hotel’s current bar and dining areas will be refurbished, along with the site’s existing bedrooms.
The venue will also feature an ice cream parlour and fish and chip takeaway while new outdoor seating areas and terraces will make the most of the site’s panoramic sea views of Longsands beach.
A previously underused function area will be reconfigured to create an additional 20 bedrooms for guests, including sea view rooms and dog-friendly ground-floor suites. It will also include secure bike storage, bike stands and lockers as well as wash down areas, plus on-site car parking with EV charge points.
The Inn Collection Group’s managing director Sean Donkin said: “We are absolutely delighted that plans have been given the green light for the former Park Hotel which will become a truly exceptional venue for North Tyneside.
“The building is an institution on the coast in Tynemouth but has been in decline for a considerable length of time. We’re looking forward to giving this stunning venue a new lease of life for people in the community and visitors alike to enjoy.
“The Inn Collection Group specialise in exciting but sympathetic refurbishments of aspirational sites like The Park and breathing new life into them once more, while being careful to preserve their individual character and distinctiveness.”
He added: “The restoration will be a significant investment by The Inn Collection Group to improve the offer and quality of the former Park hotel which will contribute massively to the wider economic growth, prosperity and employment in North Tyneside.
“It will generate increased overnight bookings throughout the year, bringing additional people to the area and improved bar and dining areas to attract new and local custom.
“It will provide knock on benefits to other operations and businesses on the North Sea coast as well as creating numerous job opportunities.”
The Inn Collection Group purchase of the 53-bedroom venue on Grand Parade, Tynemouth became the Northumberland operator’s debut Tyneside site. Outside North Tyneside, the group has 30 further inns across Northumberland, County Durham, Teesside, Yorkshire, Cumbria, Lancashire, Wearside and North Wales.
The venue is expected to re-open in the autumn.
