St Austell Brewery submits plans for 33-bedroom hotel as part of Devon village pub proposals

Propel Info, 9th Oct 2017

Cornwall-based St Austell Brewery has submitted plans for a 33-bedroom hotel as part of its redevelopment proposals for a Devon village pub. The company has submitted an application to East Devon District Council for the two-storey hotel in the western car park of the Cat and Fiddle in Clyst St Mary. It is part of its plans for the Sidmouth Road pub, which includes extending the restaurant dining area to 240 covers, adding a carvery and creating a new children’s play area. The application stated: “There is a need for a small hotel at this location and such a development would be successful given the need to serve nearby attractions such as Westpoint and Crealy Adventure Park, as well as the wider tourism market of east Devon and the business traveller market in nearby Exeter. To ensure a successful operation of the development, it is proposed the pub and the new hotel would operate in conjunction with one another.” There would still be 154 parking spaces next to the hotel and the pub, reports Devon Live.