COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
‘Agricultural barn’ hotel planned at Gloucester Services
Plans have been lodged to build a 74- bed hotel at the southbound branch of Gloucester Services. Designed by Birmingham-based Glen Howells Architects, the plans have been lodged with Stroud District Council by Gloucestershire Gateway Limited. According to documents lodged with the application, the hotel would be run by Westmoreland, the operators of the services. It would be sited to the north of the existing car park on the southbound services, away from the existing service area buildings. It would contain 74 rooms, a welcome barn complete with “bar and open kitchen restaurant and intimate seating areas with fireplace and sofas.” The application said: “The scheme is founded on the best practice in landscape architecture, architecture and sustainable development. “The result is a design proposal that is sympathetic to its environment, of high quality design, with a strong
identity and sense of place. “The design is uniquely responsive to the opportunities and constraints of the site, whilst staying true to the original design concept of a collection of ‘agricultural outbuildings’ subservient to the focal ‘farmstead’ (MSA complex)” l
Yorkley Stores hits the market
A convenience store in the small and affluent village of Yorkley has hit the market with an asking price of £575,000.
8pm and also to offer hot food. There is also potential to use a barn as retail space for animal feed or other non-perishable goods as well
as the potential to let out the flat above the store. Jamie Williams, business agent at Christie & Co, said: "Yorkley Stores is a fantastic business in a picturesque location and is the ideal opportunity for those looking for a strong retail business,
The current owners of Yorkley Stores, Andy and Donna Palmer, are selling up after eight years at the business to semi retire and spend more time with their family.
Christie and Co, which is marketing the property, says that there is the chance to extend opening hours beyond the current
with scope to increase trade” l
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