Plans have been revealed for a large new hotel on the site of an office block in York.
Dakota Hotels wants to demolish Northern House on Rougier Street and build a hotel in its place with around 140 rooms.
It is launching a public consultation on the scheme to get feedback from residents.
Andrew Ovenstone from Dakota Hotels said: “York has been a key target location for Dakota Hotels for some time due to its international reputation and burgeoning family-focused offer.
“A Dakota Hotel would complement the existing offer and help to meet the growing demand for overnight stays and week-long trips to enjoy York and wider North Yorkshire”.
Public consultation
Residents are invited to a drop-in exhibition of the Dakota Hotel plans in the Marriott Room at Explore Library, Museum Street on Tuesday 10 September 4-7pm.
Project team members will be on-hand to discuss the proposals and capture feedback.
There is also a consultation website here.
The website will open fully with a feedback form on Tuesday 10 September.
The Rougier Street hotel would include a bar, restaurants and terraces on the top floor.
Access would be provided both from Rougier Street and Tanner’s Moat.
It would be eight storeys high, but the design would mean the new hotel’s height was ‘comparable to the existing Northern House’, the company says.
It envisages 125 jobs would be created, with a range of full and part time positions across hospitality, restaurant and management.
Street regeneration
The scheme is a joint enterprise between Dakota Hotels and Evans Property Group. They have partnered on successful hotel projects in Leeds, Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Marc Banks from Evans Property Group said that the public consultation “provides a great opportunity to influence these exciting plans.
“We aim to transform this underutilised city centre location and contribute to the wider regeneration efforts around Rougier Street.”
A planning submission will be lodged following the consultation process.
The Dakota Hotel would be built on part of the site of the failed Roman Quarter scheme. That envisaged a wholesale transformation of Rougier Street, including a hotel, apartments and Roman museum.
Under these plans, Northern House was to be demolished to make way for an 11-storey block of flats.
That part of the proposal was refused by planners – and then the Roman Quarter development foundered after the company behind it, Rougier Street Developments, went into administration.
The Roman Quarter development was then put up for sale.
Northern Rail relocated from Northern House after the Roman Quarter scheme was announced.