Image: DLA have designed the planned development

Rushbond, the Leeds-based development company, has announced its plans to open a new luxury hotel and spa at Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.

The company has worked in collaboration with architects DLA and hotel consultancy EPR on proposals for the refurbishment of an existing Grade II*-listed mansion house at YSP.

Interiors of the building will be restored and a contemporary new structure will be added to house a bedroom wing as part of the project, which will see the hotel offer 77 bedrooms.

A planning application has now been submitted, which also allows for the development of a 100,000sq ft (9,290sq m) business park and 39,000sq ft (3,623sq m) of office space.

The company is now searching for a hotel and spa operator or investor to help deliver the project, which Rushbond said will add to YSP's "already exceptional offer".

Rushbond managing director Jonathan Maud said: "The submission of the planning application is an important milestone in our shared vision sympathetically to transform Bretton Hall into a truly stunning hotel/business park opportunity."

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