PLANS to develop a 125-bed hotel with bar and restaurant in the heart of Windsor have been submitted to the council.

Canada Life, the developers, have submitted plans to the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead to redevelop the Boots site on 17/18 Peascod Street.

The major development will take place behind Boots – which will be replaced with a slightly smaller store – on Mellor Walk by Bachelors Lane where the main frontage of the hotel will be based.

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Originally, the plans were for 124-bedrooms, but the developers managed to squeeze another room into the scheme.

Planning permission could be granted next spring and, if approved, construction could start in the summer with a possible opening date in late 2022/early 2023.

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Duncan Mathieson, Managing Director of Realis Estates and the scheme’s Development Consultant said: “We are delighted to have submitted our planning application for this site.  The team has put in a lot of hard work to get to this point and it is testament to their efforts that we have been able to submit the application before Christmas.  We look forward to hopefully getting permission early next year.”