Mayor of Littlehampton, Sean Lee, is supporting proposals for a new Premier Inn hotel in Littlehampton.
Whitbread PLC is inviting residents and businesses in Littlehampton to view and provide feedback on its plans for a new Premier Inn hotel in the town centre.
Whitbread PLC is inviting residents and businesses in Littlehampton to view and provide feedback on its plans for a new Premier Inn hotel in the town centre.
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00:00I'm here at the manor house today with Premier Inn, we've got an exhibition on of their proposed
00:08redevelopment of the old supermarket site in the town centre. It's great news for the
00:13town, I think it's going to get a lot of support, it's certainly buzzing on social media, we
00:18hope it can add a lot of redevelopment and repurpose the town with bringing more businesses
00:26into the town and hopefully when you take into account the seafront regeneration project
00:32and the limits to bypass that's soon to open and we've also got our community hub project
00:38going on the town centre hopefully this year as well. There's a lot of things coming together
00:42and obviously the Premier Inn redevelopment could be the pinnacle of that.
00:47And obviously you mentioned before about the boost for tourism and everything like that,
00:51what positives really can this bring to Little Hampton?
00:53Well it's going to add a lot of bed space into the town and I've already got local businesses
00:57coming up to me and proposing new events and ideas about weekends, I think it just gives
01:03people a lot of optimism and that's really nice to see and we hope we can extend the
01:09kind of art and craft movement that have taken over one corner of the town, that's one proposal
01:15that I've already heard about art and craft markets perhaps. And obviously with the seafront
01:19regeneration the Premier Inn will provide much needed bed space for anybody who comes
01:25to make use of those facilities.
01:26Yeah and what would you say to people that are expecting consultations to come and see
01:30what's being proposed and obviously have their say and how important is it that they need
01:33their feedback?
01:34It's very important, I mean as a town councillor I'm more than keen and happy to hear the views
01:40of my constituents all the time but there's an opportunity to go online if you can't make
01:44it here today and tell the Premier Inn what you think of their proposals.
01:49Perfect.