JD Wetherspoon gives an update on its Wolverhampton city centre hotel plans
Plans for a JD Wetherspoon pub in Wolverhampton city centre were approved almost two years ago - and we've been given an update on scheme from the pub chain
JD Wetherspoon has confirmed it is still working on plans to build a city centre hotel in Wolverhampton - but said no dates have yet been confirmed for the start of work.
The plans, which were approved back in February 2024, would see the existing Moon Under Water pub on Lichfield Street undergo a major renovation of the first, second and third floors of the building
The project would provide 72 hotel rooms and create around 70 new jobs for Wolverhampton.
Permission had also been granted for the establishment of a heritage centre in the basement and involved refurbishing and enlarging the pub on the ground floor, a first-floor rear garden terrace and new shop front.
The building was originally a Co-operative department store which dates from 1931. The ground floor was converted into the pub in 1995 but the 40,000 sq ft space above the pub has been empty for more than 35 years.
Wetherspoons spokesman Eddie Gershon said: “We are still proceeding on the basis that we want to build a 72 bedroom hotel, extend the customer area in the pub and create a new garden space, which we have planning approval for.
“There are no on site dates as yet.”
