A huge seven-storey hotel is planned on the former site of the Brains Brewery in Cardiff.
The hotel, which will have a bar/breakfast bar on the ground floor, is part of the wider Central Quay scheme in the capital.
WalesOnline revealed pictures of the proposed development in 2019, and also reported on the demolition of the brewhouse later in the same year.
The development will be accessed from a new junction with Penarth Road, alongside a new road to the east of the hotel linking up with Harper Street.
A full planning application has been submitted yet for the 228-bedroom hotel - but a delegated report on Cardiff Council's website published on August 17 reveals further details on the plans.
The council report says that Environmental Impact Assessment "will not be required to accompany any application for planning permission".
The UK Government website explains that the aim of an assessment is "to protect the environment" by ensuring that when a local planning authority is deciding whether to grant planning permission for a project that is likely to have significant effects on the environment, it "does so in the full knowledge of the likely significant effects, and takes this into account in the decision making process."
The report goes on to say however that the major development will require "appropriate technical reports/statements" when an application is submitted.
The report explains that one the reasons the hotel will not require an environmental assessment is because its size is less than one hectare.
Another reason is that does not lie within an "environmentally sensitive area", with no part of the site being "within a statutory designated site of conservation value".
The scale of the building will also not be out of character with the surrounding area, it adds, and it will "integrate well with the street scene".
Furthermore, it was found that the "proposed development will not give rise to any significant residues or emissions" and the impact on biodiversity has already been assessed.
The report said waste production will be "limited", while it also assured that levels of construction pollution and noise are to be "expected" but will not be "significant".
No parking provision is proposed for the hotel, so the area will also be car-free.
The report also said that a number of planning permissions have already been granted to other developments within the scheme - including an eight-storey office-led, mixed-use building with an associated multi-storey car park. To the south-west of the site, a 27-storey residential tower was also recently approved.
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