New hotel for The Eden Project
Cornwall Council has approved a new hotel at The Eden Project, due to open in 2016.
The hotel, which will be located on the site at Bodelva near St. Austell in Cornwall, will have 115 guestrooms.
The timber-clad structure has been designed to blend into the countryside and has high standards of accessibility, energy-efficiency and sustainability complying with the ethos of The Eden Project. Guests staying at the hotel will have full access to all facilities on the main Eden site.
Eden Executive Director David Harland says: “Having permission for a hotel on our site is a big moment for Eden and for the wider economy. We are very grateful for the support the proposal has been given by the council planners and by the community. Now it is full steam ahead.”
The hotel will support Eden’s activities, its educational aspirations, its existing and future conference events, weddings, and the annual Eden Sessions series of concerts.
The hotel, Eden says, will be a great asset in sustaining business all year round and unlocking the potential of the wider estate beyond the world-famous Biomes.
The property is intended to support existing projects and partners as well as future developments on site, not just for Eden. These include the Building Research Establishment’s National Solar Centre and Cornwall Sustainable Building Trust’s Green Build Hub. Therefore the hotel will enable them to offer residential courses to support their own training ambitions.
