A DECISION over plans for a new hotel at a landmark site in Southampton is set to be taken next week.

A 73-room hotel and 73 parking spaces could be created at the Compass House site in Romsey Road.

The proposals put forward by BMR Compass Ltd will be discussed by planning bosses on Tuesday.

Initial plans for a 73-room hotel and 34 parking spaces at the site were refused in 2019 because of concerns over “insufficient parking”, but now the number of spaces has been upped.

The name of the hotel operator and the number of potential jobs is yet to be revealed.

It comes as 241 flats are also set to be built at the site.

According to official documents, the additional parking spaces for the hotel have been taken from the housing development at Compass House.

This means that the number of parking spaces set to be provided with the 241 flats would go from 183 to 144.

In a joint statement. Redbridge councillor Sally Spicer and former councillor Lee Whitbread said: “We remain unconvinced that the local area will not be adversely impacted by the development.”

They said the new plans “will ultimately reduce” the car parking footprint for the nearby residential development at Compass House.

They also added: “We are concerned about the lack of public transport which we believe will ultimately increase private vehicle movements in the area which is already densely populated.”

But planners said: “The change of parking ratio per flat  is judged to have a negligible impact on the public highway in terms of safety, congestion and potential for overspill parking but is not relevant to the determination of this planning application in any event.”

A restaurant, lounge and reception area as well as  cycle storage would also be built as part of the new hotel.

Other concerns have been raised over the impact of the hotel on neighbouring houses, antisocial behaviour, noise and litter.

Planning bosses recommended the plans for approval.

They said the amendment results in the scheme being considered acceptable ‘from an overspill parking perspective’.

A statement included as part of the report said: “The amendment, whereby 73 car parking spaces are now provided, results in the scheme now being considered acceptable from an overspill parking perspective and there have been no additional material changes that change the previous assessment in all other regards. As such level of development proposed by the hotel use will not result in significant material impact on the amenities enjoyed by surrounding occupiers or the character and appearance of the area.”