Comprising two parcels of land, separated by the pedestrianised Upper Mill Lane - which will also undergo £107,000 of public realm improvements, the site is to be developed to deliver a 12-storey, 80-bed aparthotel, and a 9-storey, 175-bed lifestyle hotel. The scheme, which lies on the edge of the huge Smithfield regeneration area, will include ground floor commercial space and a rooftop bar and terraces for guest and the public to use.

Over three years in the making and, with the buildings struggling to attract commercial office tenants, the owners of the site have turned their attention into creating a new destination for the area, sitting as it does on the edge of the emerging Smithfield masterplan.

Lethia Holdings Ltd (freeholder of Wolverley House) and Uddingston Holdings (leaseholder of Smithfield House) are behind these now-approved plans.