The listed building was a former Post Office
An iconic Post Office in Blackpool is set to transform into a new hotel after a funding grant was approved.
The council applied for Levelling Up Funding, Round 2 in April 2022 for the refurbishment of the former post office on Abingdon Street into an Indigo branded hotel. The bid was initially rejected but then later approved in the budget in March 2023, under capital regeneration funding . Grant funding will be released in two stages, with the first being the viability stage. Here an exchange of contracts on the building will be made, whilst a number of surveys are carried out to determine viability of the scheme funded from the grant in instalments. The second is the post viability stage.
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