Disused hotel to be turned into flats (From Echo)
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Disused Westcliff hotel to be turned into flats
2:00pm Wednesday 13th March 2013 in News
How the flats might appear
A DISUSED hotel will finally be redeveloped, more than two years after it fell empty.
Southend Council has rubber-stamped plans to bulldoze the Balmoral Hotel, in Valkyrie Road, Westcliff, and rebuild it as 25 flats.
The proposals are the fourth idea suggested for the building, which has been dogged by controversy since it closed down in 2011.
Paul Seager, director of architects ACS Design, which drew up the plans on behalf of owner Sinclair Brown, said he was pleased permission had been granted.
He added: “It has been a long time coming, but the important thing now is that we know what the future of the Balmoral will be.
“The owners will now either sell the property to a developer or develop it themselves.
“We have had expressions of interest already, so now we have full permission we will be able to press ahead with this as soon as possible.”
Comments(8)
leighman
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3:07pm Wed 13 Mar 13
DogsMessInLeigh
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3:21pm Wed 13 Mar 13
smiffy1980
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3:22pm Wed 13 Mar 13
perini
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3:53pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Keptquiettillnow
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5:06pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Its good to see brown sites being redeveloped but parking is already a problem in that area with commuters parking their private property a close as possible to the station.
Devils Advocate
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7:03pm Wed 13 Mar 13
SM Studio
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7:20pm Wed 13 Mar 13
They are not architects, they have been reported to the architects registration board numerous times but still seem to flout the law as "architect" is a legally protected title limited to persons registered with the ARB and the RIBA. Unfortunately neither Mr Segar ore his company are note registered with either!
smiffy1980 says...
2:41pm Wed 13 Mar 13
The aston martin in the CAD should be replaced with a batter 15 year Toyota tho.