Butlins to unveil plans for second hotel

The company intends to build a 200-room tourist attraction close to the entrance of its site off the A259 Felpham Way.

The hotel will replace the corrugated iron roof two-storey green and cream building which can be seen when heading south along the road.

The hotel will have space for some 800 guests and be 25 per cent bigger than the existing Shoreline hotel.

The formal planning proposal for the 15m investment, possibly the largest ever backing of the tourism trade in Bognor, is about to be submitted. It is due to be debated by Arun District Council's planning committee on April 9.

If the scheme is approved, the hotel will open in summer 2009.

A Butlins spokeswoman said: 'A hundred jobs will be created from the hotel build. It will provide very stylish accommodation with spacious and very modern rooms.'

The hotel will replace some of the older chalet accommodation on the site which will be demolished. The go-ahead was given by Butlins' parent company, Bourne Leisure, after the success in the past 18 months of the Shoreline Hotel.