TALLAND Bay Hotel is set for a major refurbishment after plans to replace part of its ageing roof and create four additional guest bedrooms were approved by Cornwall Council.

The scheme at the long-established hotel will also include solar panels as part of efforts to improve the building’s energy efficiency.

The proposals, submitted by Jack Ashby-Wright, will see an outdated and increasingly difficult-to-maintain section of roof removed and replaced with a redesigned structure incorporating four new en-suite guest rooms.

The hotel, which has been welcoming guests since the late 1940s, says the existing roof has reached the end of its practical serviceable life and requires comprehensive replacement.

The additional bedrooms will help make the substantial investment financially viable while increasing the hotel's accommodation capacity.

The redesign also promises to improve the appearance of the building, replacing a patchwork of pitched and flat roof sections, different ridge heights and previous extensions with a more unified architectural design.

Natural slate will be used across the visible pitched roof slopes, with carefully designed dormer windows providing additional daylight, ventilation and access to an external fire escape.

Photovoltaic panels will be installed on the new flat roof and southern roof slope.

The development has been designed with the hotel’s sensitive coastal setting in mind, as it sits within the Cornwall National Landscape.

Although the proposals involve a modest increase in roof height, the planning documents state that the revised ridge will remain below neighbouring higher rooflines. The new design is intended to reduce the visual impact of the existing fragmented roofscape.

The application was preceded by discussions with Cornwall Council in January, when planning officers raised no significant concerns about the proposed alterations. Lansallos Parish Council also raised no objections.

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Conditional planning permission was granted on November 11, subject to requirements including compliance with recommendations set out in a bat emergence survey to protect wildlife using the building.