Manchester Airport to get third Premier Inn hotel as bosses eye new site

Manchester Airport is set to welcome a new Premier Inn hotel, the chain's third establishment in the area. Manchester council has given the green light to Airport City Partnership Ltd, a subsidiary of Manchester Airport Group, to construct a 276-room hotel just a stone's throw away from the terminal.

The upcoming Premier Inn will be neighbours with the recently opened Tribe hotel and another Dakota hotel currently under construction. The airport authorities have confirmed that Premier Inn will manage the 276-bedroom facility, adding to its two existing hotels nearby.

However, the new nine-storey building will be much closer to terminal two, being only an eight-minute walk away, compared to the current 43-minute distance from the nearest Premier Inn rooms. According to the planning application: "Proposals for a new 276 room hotel building under the Premier Inn brand to compliment the emerging masterplan are presented (here).

"Occupying the plot to the south of [Tribe], the Premier Inn hotel will create positive frontage to a new urban square activating routes between the M56 spur bridge between Wythenshawe and the Airport Interchange in the next phase of development."

The proposal was approved last Wednesday (February 26), with council officers clarifying that there will be no dedicated Premier Inn parking spaces on-site, as guests will use the airport's general parking facilities.

An officer report further noted: "In addition, the airport has recently notified the council of the intention to undertake works under their permitted development rights to form a new coach and taxi-drop off facility."