Plans have emerged to to convert a former luxury hotel and spa in the Vale of Glamorgan into a huge home. Holm House on Marine Parade in Penarth was a hotel from 2004, but the building dates back to the 1920s when it was built as a home. The former hotel, which was also a restaurant, closed this year with it stating online that business failed to be profitable after the Covid-19 pandemic.

Converting the home, if plans are approved, will not involve any changes to the external elevation of the building or the area immediately around it. A planning document published on behalf of the developers, SC Design Build Ltd, states that the application provides an opportunity to return the building to its original use and avoid it deteriorating as a vacant building. It also states that the demand for hotel accommodation in Penarth "of this type and scale" is "demonstrated as being volatile".

For more news, sign up to our newsletter here . READ MORE: ' Protests are being planned across Wales this weekend' READ MORE: ' New Vale special school building will be 'most advanced' council has developed' The document goes on to add that there have been no viable offers to purchase Holm House in order for it to be run as a hotel since it closed. It continues: "The proposal offers an opportunity to provide a home in a sustainable location.

"Additionally, the proposal offers an opportunity to retain and enhance an existing building of merit in a manner that requires minimal alterations." Prior to H.