Ashby de la Zouch Town Council has set a date for their extraordinary committee meeting to discuss revised plans for the Royal Hotel.

The Royal's owners, Oakland Hotels Ltd, resubmitted their application for a proposed development of the site last month.

Revised Royal plans are submitted to district council.

As a result, Ashby Town Council has organised an extraordinary planning committee meeting for next Monday (February 7) at Legion House in South Street with a 6.30pm start.

On the agenda is the current planning application for the site which reads: Erection of a 30-apartment terrace, office building, cafe kiosk and 69 bed care home with associated car parking access, landscaping and associated access amendments.

Images of the planned development were also made public.

A Save The Royal group has already been set up and held its first public meeting last Sunday.

Battle begins to save historic Ashby building.

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The Royal has lain empty and boarded up for the last four years.

That has caused concern among Ashby residents that the almost-200 year old building might be allowed to crumble.