Plans have been revealed to open a new hotel at the NEC campus in Solihull.
Developers are hoping to win permission to build a 203-bedroom hotel and 452-space, multi-storey car park on land next to the Hilton Birmingham Metropole in Pendigo Way.
If approved by Solihull planning chiefs, the new seven-storey hotel would be branded a Hampton by Hilton.
The application site currently comprises two car parks which serve the Hilton Birmingham Metropole and spaces lost as a result of this development would be replaced by the new multi-storey car park by around 220 extra spaces.
The new hotel is expected to create up to 35 new full- and part-time jobs including apprenticeships.
It will add to an already busy area for hotels serving the NEC exhibition halls, Resorts World shopping centre and neighbouring concert arena.
London-based real estate investor Henderson Park is leading the project which has been designed by the Bath office of architecture practice Stride Treglown.
A statement submitted in support of the new planning application said: "The proposed development will help bolster the provision of good-quality tourist accommodation in the area and are considered to be acceptable on design, amenity, landscaping, ecological and transport grounds.
"There are also numerous wider benefits that would arise as a result of the development, including new employment generation."
