Blackburn Best Western hotel and steakhouse restaurant approved

04 September 2019

Plans to turn a former Blackburn town centre pub into a Best Western hotel and steakhouse restaurant have been approved.

Proposals were submitted to convert the old Stage Door pub in Mincing Lane, into a 16-room hotel back in February.

Developers say the hotel would help create 30 full-time jobs.

They say the site appeals to the Best Western franchise as it is an attractive building which can benefit from a high-quality conversion scheme, is reachable on foot from the town’s train and bus stations and is well connected to the town centre.

The ground-floor restaurant would be open to guests and the public.

Best Western’s involvement with the development had been subject to planning permission being granted.

Now borough planners have granted planning permission and work to convert the pub into a hotel can begin.

Farooq Rafiq, of Inspire Planning Solutions, said: “The applicant confirms the proposed hotel provider is likely to be the Best Western Franchise having held extensive discussions with the chain, with the target market for the visitor accommodation to be in the mid-range, providing good quality visitor accommodation, furnished to a high standard and with a spacious, modern finish.”

10/19/0009
21-23 Mincing Lane Blackburn BB2 2EB
Change of use to Hotel (C1) and Restaurant with alterations of outbuilding, erection of infill single storey extension, rear firescape and flue, replacement fenestration, and new rooflights