Plans to redevelop 100-year-old Grange & Links hotel approved

The green light has been given by local authorities to knock down the 100-year-old Grange & Links hotel in Sandilands, Lincolnshire, to make way for a new £4.5m hotel, restaurant and spa development.

East Lindsey District Council has approved plans to demolish the old building, which co-owner Tim Cross described as "past its sell-by date", and replace it with a new-build housing 20 rooms, nine holiday apartments, a bistro, bar, swimming pool and spa facilities.

Cross and co-owner Deborah Brown are trying to "put Sandilands back on the map" and make it a destination resort like North Norfolk.

The Grange & Links hotel has been in business for more than 100 years, during which time, according to the owners, it has become run down and is now expensive to run and suffering from low occupancy.

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