£15m hotel plans revived after seven-year hiatus

A HOTEL development at Doncaster Racecourse has been revived after being shelved since 2008 due to the recession.

Owners Arc are in talks with the local authorities about the £15m, 150-bedroom development in an attempt to make the Town Moor track attractive as a conference venue.

Talks are already underway with a number of hotel operators who have expressed interest in running the complex.

Doncaster Racecourse managing director Mark Spincer said: “We did have planning permission back in 2008 when the track was redeveloped, and the new grandstand built, but the economic market was not right at the time.

“We believe that the demand is there for a facility like this, and that it will compliment the ambitions of the track as a premier leisure and conference venue.

“Our aim is to start work at the back end of this year in the first quarter of 2016. We hope that it will be completed by March 2017.”

Doncaster Racecourse is also known for holding the UKIP conference last autumn.