A major redevelopment project in Newcastle which would feature a new boutique hotel  is now more likely to go-ahead after getting financial backing from the Council.

A 60 bedroom boutique hotel will be built alongside a 250 bed four-star hotel in the Stephenson Quarter regeneration.

The 10 acre mixed used site will also feature restaurants, residential apartments, exhibition space and commercial offices.

The Journal Live reports that a new funding package has been agreed which will see Newcastle Council borrowing £30 million, with some of that being loaned to the developer, Silverlink Holdings, to build the four star hotel – which will be operated by Crowne Plaza – and the rest used to buy up plots of land close to the site which is adjacent to Newcastle Central Station.

South Derbyshire council has given the go-ahead to a new boutique hotel in Willington.

The ten bedroom hotel forms part of a new development at Mercia Marina which will also include a gastro pub, spa and pool.

At the core of the development’s design is a four storey, octagonal “lighthouse” which will offer visitors exceptional views across the marina.

Developers came up with the proposals with local designers, Pinelog, who specialise in using natural materials and who have incorporated wood cladding in their design.

Nautical design elements, in keeping with the marina location, will be present throughout the interior, according to the planning application which was approved by the council’s planning officers last week.