The Big Sleep Hotel Design and Planning by Nick Gwilliam (Article)

Posted by Nick Gwilliam on 18th Dec ’06 at 14:00 UTC
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Project: The Big Sleep Hotel - Cheltenham.

No of units: 62 Bed Hotel.

Involvement: Architect, Lead Consultant, Planning Consultant.

Status: Completion November 2006.

Sector: Hotel / leisure.

Conversion of redundant 1970's office building into 62 bedroom contemporary styled hotel providing low cost accommodation. This Big Sleep hotel will be the second in a chain of hotels and has been project managed from conception to completion.

Evans Jones LLP managed the application through the planning process to successful determination; this included overcoming constraints presented by local planning policy for the retention of employment land and producing a ‘Green Travel Plan’ to ensure that sustainable means of traveling to and from the site are promoted to all users.

Elevation view of the building:

The Big Sleep elevation

First floor plan:

The Big Sleep Hotel first floor plan

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