NUMBER ONE PORTSMOUTH 8 Surrey Street, Portsmouth, PO1 1JT Substantial Hotel Development Opportunity in Portsmouth’S Commercial City Centre
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NUMBER ONE PORTSMOUTH 8 Surrey Street, Portsmouth, PO1 1JT Substantial Hotel Development Opportunity in Portsmouth’s Commercial City Centre CGI Number One Portsmouth 8 Surrey Street, Portsmouth, PO1 1JT 2 DEVELOPMENT HIGHLIGHTS Savills has been exclusively appointed to offer for sale a consented hotel development site at 8 Surrey Street, Portsmouth. - Landmark high-quality regeneration scheme in the heart of this dynamic and vibrant waterfront city - Site to be sold on freehold basis - Well located in the heart of Portsmouth’s commercial city centre and in the immediate proximity of Portsmouth & Southsea Railway Station ( fastest journey time to London 1hr 31m ) - Planning has been approved for a 228-bedroom full service hotel of up to 13,190 sqm ( circa 142,000 sqft ) of gross floor space over 16 - 18 storeys CGI Number One Portsmouth 8 Surrey Street, Portsmouth, PO1 1JT 3 LOCATION M275 Portsmouth is a major regional centre in Hampshire on the south coast, A 2 0 15 miles east of Southampton and 64 miles south west of London, 4 7 RD EW R RD Famous for its 800 year maritime history. N GIE TAN Portsmouth’s historic Naval Dockyard is one of Britain’s leading tourist B A D F R F D attractions welcoming over one million visitors a year. It includes E R K I N A N L R S E 3 T A R S A Nelson’s flagship, HMS Victory, the world’s first iron warship, HMS S D T . E M YS R AR D 9 Warrior, King Henry VIII’s Mary Rose and the Royal Naval Museum. F R 1 8 A T T O FRATTON Portsmouth is also a thriving seaside holiday resort with a fantastic QUEEN ST ARUNDEL ST N R H D range of entertainment, cultural and sporting facilities including, South 2 O L B A3 R Sea Castle, D-Day Museum and Fratton Park. O 7 O K 12 R 3 D A2 030 4 6 GOSPORT 5 T S KING L H S R A G D HI W R E N C E R D B2164 1 5 1 2 B SOUTHSEA 10 11 Not to Scale - For Identification Purposes Only. Purposes Identification For - Scale to Not Local Landmarks 1. HMS Victory & Mary Rose Museum 7. Portsmouth Guildhall Number One Portsmouth is 2. Portsmouth Historic Dockyard 8. Cascades Shopping Centre located in the heart of the 3. Spinnaker Tower 9. HM Naval Base Portsmouth’s commercial city centre, opposite to Portsmouth & 4. Gunwharf Quays Shopping Centre 10. D-Day Museum Southsea mainline railway station, 5. Aspex Gallery in Gunwharf Quay 11. Southsea Castle and proximate to the Cascades 6. University of Portsmouth 12. Fratton Park Shopping Centre Number One Portsmouth 8 Surrey Street, Portsmouth, PO1 1JT 4 PLANNING Site Overview Site History Proposed Hotel The site has an area of approximately 900sqm and is currently In October 2008, a planning application was submitted for In July 2013, planning permission was granted for application occupied by a part-demolished four-storey building, a 188 bedroom hotel building (Class C1) covering 11,063sqm; number 13/00525/FUL: with additional basement level, covering a floor space of it was designed up to 25 storeys high, in addition to two approximately 3,096sqm. The site has been vacant since basement levels, topped by a spire/helical wind turbine ‘Construction of part 16-18 storey 228-bedroom hotel (Class C1) January 2005 and was last used by the Post Office. The feature, presenting a maximum height of 101m. Ancillary of up to 13,190 sqm of gross floor space fronting Station Street’ building covers most of the site although there are some facilities to the hotel included ground and 20th floor The designs submitted to the planning authority provide for small areas of hard-landscaping on the northern, southern and restaurants (c.148 covers), 105sqm health and fitness space at a ground floor featuring a café bar and reception at the front eastern frontages. 1st floor level and 359sqm of conference facilities at 2nd floor of the building, with back of house areas at the rear. The first level. A detached coffee bar ‘pod’ (Class A3) was proposed floor provides a mezzanine to the reception and room that The site lies between the civic (Guildhall Square) area and onto the Station Street frontage accommodated within the can be either meeting rooms or accessible guest bedrooms. Commercial Road principal retail area, immediately north of landscape strategy to create a welcoming setting to the The Hotel’s main bedroom stock will occupy the first to the listed Victorian Portsmouth & Southsea railway station and hotel. near a transport interchange for taxis and buses. Other nearby fifteenth floors. buildings and uses around the site include Zurich House and Planning permission was granted, subject to a Section 106 A Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) to Portsmouth Victoria Park (historic park), mixed retail developments on Agreement on 6 January 2009. An application to renew City Council is liable to be paid on commencement of Commercial Road and Debenhams department store. planning permission for the same development (permitted development. The CIL relating to the current planning by ref 08/01723/FUL) was granted on 23 December 2011 (ref permission is £650,981.65 (as of the 9th April 2014). 11/01080/FULR), subject to a Deed of Variation. The subject premises are not listed as a building of architectural importance nor are they situated in a conservation area. CGI NOTE:- Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey Map with the permission of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office. © Crown copyright licence number 100024244 Savills (UK) Ltd. NOTE:- Published for the purposes of identification only and although believed to be correct accuracy is not guaranteed. 8 Surrey Street, Portsmouth 8 Surrey Street,8 Surrey Portsmouth Street, Portsmouth 8 Surrey Street, Portsmouth Layouts Layouts Layouts Layouts Number One Portsmouth 8 Surrey Street, Portsmouth, PO1 1JT 5 The location of the DDA rooms in the schemeThe are ground floor of the building will contain the The upper floors of the building are planned Theto befirst floor provides a mezzanine to the as close to the ground floor as the plan wouldpublic functions of reception, bar/restaurant. The rational, functional and efficient. This is a criticalreception and public bar area below creating Cafe / Bar / Reception allow. This improves access for wheelchair usersbuilding will be entered via a new plaza on Station requirement of the brief. a voluminous space in the entrance lobby and and encourages their use of the hotel and hotelStreet and will project active frontage to both Back of House / Support Area adding visual interest to the active frontages on facilities. A mixture of guest room typologies Stationon all Street and Surrey Street. The entrance The building plan has been expressed with aStation north Street and Surrey Street. floors caters for the wide range of potential toguests. the building will form a contemporary ‘portico’ Plant & Services and south ‘split’ with natural light penetrating the which is of a suitable scale and form for a building common area on all floors. The adaptable meeting rooms to guest rooms are of the proposed height and massing DDA Room also located on this floor to give efficient access to The core is completely embedded in the centreshort of term guests, wheelchair users and attendees 1 Bed Guest Room Service areas such as the mechanical and the plan and the entire facade will contain guestof meetings. A break out space with seating for electrical plant room that are necessary in the 2 Bed Guest Room rooms - thus maximising the opportunity for informal meetings will activate the mezzanine level ground floor layout have been minimised and architectural expression and optimising the useand of create a well used space that responds to the pushed to one corner of the floor plan so as to Circulation daylight and views. active frontage of Station Street. maximise the connection between the Hotel and its immediate context. The building will be serviced from the existing service lane to the rear of the site and from the northern end of Surrey Street. Cafe/ Bar/ Reception Cafe/ Bar/ Reception Cafe/ Bar/ Reception Cafe/ Bar/ Reception Back of House/ Support Area Back of House/ Support Area Back of House/ Support Area Back of House/ Support Area Plant and Services Plant and Services Plant and Services Plant and Services DDA Room DDA Room DDA Room DDA Room 1 bed Guest Room 1 bed Guest Room 1 bed Guest Room 1 bed Guest Room 2 bed Guest Room 2 bed Guest Room 2 bed Guest Room 2 bed Guest Room Circulation CirculationSecond Floor Plan Ground Floor Plan Fifth Floor (Typical) Plan First Floor (Typical) Plan Circulation Circulation Plans Not to Scale - For Identification Purposes Only. Purposes Identification For - Scale to Not Plans Ground Floor Plan Typical Upper Floor Plan PAGE 70 PAGE 68 PAGE 71 PAGE 69 PROPOSED FLOOR PLANS Floor Use Ground Floor Lobby, Café Bar, Back-of-house First Floor 4 x Meeting room / DDA, 2 x Meeting room / 1 - bedroom Second Floor 13 x 1-bedroom, 1 x 2-bedroom Third Floor 9 x 1-bedroom, 1 x 2-bedroom, 6 x DDA Fourth Floor 12 x 1-bedroom, 1 x 2-bedroom, 3 x DDA Fifth – Fifteenth Floors 15 x 1-bedroom, 1 x 2-bedroom Sixteenth Floor Plant N.B. It should be noted that the application was prepared for an extended stay apart-hotel concept. CGI Number One Portsmouth 8 Surrey Street, Portsmouth, PO1 1JT 6 PORTSMOUTH HOTEL MARKET Hotel Demand The Potential for Growth in Hotel Demand The hotel market in Portsmouth is an extremely attractive one, with year-round demand from both leisure According to Portsmouth City Council, indicators point to growth in demand for hotel accommodation in and corporate visitors.