New plans for an £8.5 million, 109-bedroom hotel at the Eden Project have been submitted to Cornwall Council. 

The hotel has been designed to blend into the countryside and have high standards of accessibility, energy-efficiency and sustainability. Its striking, unconventional design features prominent timber poles, cladding the outside of its two blocks. 

If the plans are approved, Eden would like to start construction in late 2017 and open the hotel in April 2018. 

Eden executive director David Harland said: ’This is part of our plan to enhance the year-round sustainability of Eden’s business.’

Eden has monitored its direct economic impact on the region from its beginnings. The charity says its research shows that more than 18 million people who have visited since it opened in 2001 have spent more than £1.7 billion within Cornwall.