McLean awaits hotel start

Contractor David McLean will find out next month whether its proposal to build a Holiday Inn in Wales is to be given the green light. The firm has applied for a £1.2m grant, but will not know if the project in Wrexham can go ahead until the Welsh Tourist Board meets on 1 May.

A planning application has already been submitted for an 84-bedroomed hotel and health club, which will offer business and leisure facilities, as well as a restaurant, bar and banqueting suites.

If permission is granted, building work would start at the end of the year and take 12 months.