New lobbies approved for Rabbit Hotel
Plans for two new lobby areas at The Rabbit Hotel in Templepatrick have been approved.
There is already planning permission for a new addition to the spa area and 46-bedroom block on the hotel which is close to Belfast International Airport.
The new lobby areas will be a prominent addition to the existing big revamp, but relatively small in scale, adding about 330sq ft to the property.
The hotel is owned by The Galgorm Collection which also counts Parisien and Fratelli restaurants, the Galgorm Hotel, and The Old Inn in Crawfordsburn among its other properties.
Accounts show the group’s turnover grew from £22.7m in 2021 to £45.1m in 2022, with operating profit growing from £3.6m to £8.5m in the same time.
The subsidiary dealing with The Rabbit Hotel is called Pig and Chicken Inn Ltd, and its 2022 accounts show an increase in turnover from £3.1m in 2021 to £7.9m in 2022, with operating profit growing from a loss of £389k to profit of £1.8m.
A planning report recently deemed the new lobby plans “acceptable” and permission was granted.
They must now be built within five years or permission will expire.
