Demolition work at Lyndhurst Park Hotel gets under way ahead of 79-home redevelopment

DEMOLITION of the iconic Lyndhurst Park Hotel building has begun ahead of the site's redevelopment.

As reported in the A&T, the scheme for 79 homes was given the go-ahead by the national park authority last November.

The application by Burry & Knight, an arm of Hoburne Developments, was unanimously backed by members of the national park authority’s planning committee.

This week workers started on the first stage of the demolition, bringing down a section of the hotel which dates from the 1960s-70s.

A spokesperson for Hoburne Developments called it "a historic moment" for the village of Lyndhurst and added it was "incredibly proud" to advance its plans and transform the site.

The homes will be a mixture of flats and houses, and eight properties will be designated “affordable”.

A section of the hotel, which has lain empty since it closed in 2014, is set to be remodelled as part of the plan.

The application also contains three commercial units, extensive landscaping and 115 parking spaces.

Parts of the former 60-bedroom hotel were designed by Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle.