Popular Durham hotel and restaurant could become student digs
A popular city centre hotel and restaurant are facing an uncertain future, after plans emerged to convert the premises into more student accommodation.
A planning application has been filed to Durham County Council which would see the Kingslodge Hotel, on Waddington Street, Durham – which is also home to Finbarr’s restaurant – extended and converted into rooms for 57 students.
Amid anger over more and more of the city being turned over to student accommodation, the scheme has already drawn objections from Crossgate Community Partnership (CCP) and the City of Durham Trust, among others …