A prominent St Annes hotel in need of significant renovation looks set to be replaced by a high quality apartments development, if plans get the go ahead.

The Monterey Beach Hotel, on North Promenade, was snapped up this year after being offered for £2.2m by agents Christie and Co.

It had been run by the same family for more than 30 years but was sold due to their impending retirement.

Artist's impression of the new apartments block intended to replace the Monterey Hotel on St Annes seafront | Third party

placeholder image — Artist's impression of the new apartments block intended to replace the Monterey Hotel on St Annes seafront | Third party

The hotel, which included 33 en-suite bedrooms, was bought by RCA Developments, who had already developed a stylish apartments building, The Residence, on nearby Clifton Drive.

Now RCA have submitted a planning application with Fylde Council, for the demolition of an existing building (The Monterey) at 18 - 22 North Promenade and the erection of a 4-6 storey block of 21 apartment with associated car parking, boundary treatments, landscaping and communal facilities.

A planning and design statement, submitted as part of the application, stated: “The proposal is to demolish the existing building and in its place erect a residential apartment block.

“The proposed scheme is for 21 residential flats with accommodation provided over 6 floors. There will be three penthouses to the upper two floors, all of which will be three bedrooms. All remaining apartments are two-bedroom.

“The proposed building is flat roofed and rectangular in form. The scheme's design includes private recessed balconies and or roof terraces. Large expanses of glazing are proposed to the front elevation to maximise daylight and sea views.

“There is resident car parking to the building frontage and to the rear of the site are dedicated parking spaces for penthouse residents. In addition, there are internal garages for penthouse residents and a dedicated entranceway for the top floor penthouse.

“Parking to the building frontage will feature landscaped areas with trees and hedges introduced as part of the landscape proposal.”

The Monterey Hotel as it currently looks | Third party

After the application was officially published on the Fylde portal on Friday, Matthew Ingleby of RCA Developments, said: “What we are proposing is a stylish development which will have the ‘wow factor’ and significantly enhance the area around it,

“We’ve done a lot of pre-application work with Fylde Council, to ensure we get things right.

“Fylde Council is putting a considerable investment into St Annes in various stages, including the town centre, and we feel our plans fit in well with that.

“At the same time, we have taken note of the architecture around it and made sure our apartment building will be compatible with the area and look out of place .

“We believe this development will be of great benefit to this part of St Annes.”