Everards Brewery gets hotel go-ahead

Everards Brewery has received the go-ahead to create its own 120-room hotel at Everards Meadows, beside its Leicestershire brewery.

The site, which is near Junction 21 of the M1, is currently already home to the brewery, beer hall as well as a cycle shop and coffee shop and sits within 70 acres of public green space beside the River Soar.

Everards Brewery has now gained outline planning permission from Blaby District Council to build a 120 room hotel beside the brewery with parking as well as around 100,000 sq ft of office space with additional parking, all of which has been approved.

Councillor vice-chair of planning Nick Chapman revealed in local reports that “this is an extremely exciting proposal for both Everards and the district, and we were delighted to approve the plans”.

Chapman revealed that the council has been “worked closely with Everards to get this application to an acceptable position” and now has “no doubt that the final product will be as well thought out, and as popular as Everards Meadows is currently”.

He added: “We’re looking forward to continuing our work with Everards in the future and cannot wait to see the development progress in the coming months and years.”

According to the council, its officers have worked with the applicants and the county council’s highways department to ensure that the proposal will “mitigate any impacts on the highways network” since Soar Valley Way and roads around Fosse Park are already busy at peak times.

To help reduce emissions as well as discourage traffic issues, the district council has reportedly reassured that “all employees who work in the new buildings will be offered a six-month, fully paid bus pass to encourage use of public transport”.