Approval granted for major investment in long-established Mayo hotel

Mayo County Council has granted planning permission for a significant investment at The Wyatt Hotel, The Octagon, Westport.

Planning permission is in place for the owners to construct a three-storey extension over a semi-basement car park to the rear and sides of the existing hotel with a total gross floor area of 5,333 square metres.

The new extension will comprise of 72 additional bedrooms as well as altering some existing bedrooms, 88 new basement car park spaces, 20 new public car park spaces at surface level off Church Street, ESB sub-station, plant rooms, staff quarters, ancillary accommodation and other ancillary areas.

It will involve relocating the existing goods delivery set-down area from Church Street to Lower Peter Street including alterations and change of use of existing 135 square metre restaurant premises into hotel goods receiving area.

Internal alterations at ground floor level will involve converting six existing bedrooms to increase the size of the existing dining area and alterations to lower ground floor car park including demolition of three existing staff habitable terraced dwelling houses.

The project also involved the construction of new public path from Church Street to Leisure Centre car park.

A total of 13 planning conditions have been attached to the permission.