A property developer is preparing to unveil new plans to develop a beachside guesthouse that has been empty for more than a decade – with the scheme described as “significantly different” to proposals put forward three years ago.

They involve the redevelopment of the Pendower Beach House Hotel, known locally as the ‘Pink Hotel’, on the Roseland Peninsula.

In May 2020 plans were revealed to turn it into a 14-bedroom boutique hotel with a new restaurant at ground level, which during the day would operate as a café, while also proposed were 25 residential apartments and wet woodland ponds.

The new and “much changed” proposals are said to incorporate feedback from the public consultation process in 2020, taking onboard input from local councils, Cornwall Council, the local community, representative groups, and other stakeholders.

The Friends of Pendower Beach had been among those campaigning against the plans, which were later withdrawn in March 2021.

Now Pendower Beach Hotel Holdings, which was set up by local property developer Johnny Goldsmith in 2007 to buy the hotel, says that, as a direct result of the feedback, previously proposed residential homes have been removed from the plans, ending the spread of development to the north of the site – and reducing the total build footprint on the site by approximately 25%.

Instead, under the new 2023 proposals, a reduced two-storey scheme for an aparthotel is being put forward, consisting of 23 two and three-bed family self-catering holiday-let suites.

A public restaurant remains in the scheme, with 40 internal and 32 external covers, as well as a café and shop for use by beachgoers during the day and evening.

The plans are to be shared at a public consultation event due to take place before mid-June, at a date still to be announced.

They are said to reflect further feedback from the parish councils of Philleigh, Gerrans and Veryan, as well as the Friends of Pendower Beach organisation, following meetings held earlier this year that also included the involvement of Cornwall Councill for the area Julian German.

The aim is to “provide year-round economic benefit to the local economy”, as well as reinvigorate the site that is said to have “become run-down over the past decade, and has witnessed both squatters and anti-social behaviour on site.”

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Developer Mr Goldsmith said: “Working in consultation with Penryn-based Koha Architects Ltd, we’ve taken great care to share the new concept plans with both local parish councils and Friends of Pendower Beach, to explain how our plans have been revised, both to protect the local environment, and provide an economically viable business that brings benefit to local communities.

“This includes protecting road access to Pendower beach and its slipway, through necessary stabilisation work that will future-proof Rocky Lane against coastal erosion for future generations.

“We have listened carefully to the feedback and integrated changes into our plans to incorporate aspects such as the relocation of the restaurant, inclusion of staff accommodation and a shop, sympathetic changes to the historic farmhouse, and a reduction in the road widening proposed as part of the cliff stabilisation works.

“We hope that these changes, alongside our extensive plans to protect and enrich the natural environment through our environmental custodianship commitment, will be well received.

“Full details of these plans alongside all aspects of the proposed development will be shared at the public consultation event to be held in early summer, following which we will hone the final plans, before submitting these for planning approval.” The public consultation event will be held in late May or early June at Shallikabooky Beach Hut Café, Pendower Beach, Rocky Lane, TR2 5LW.

Members of the design team will be there to discuss the proposals and answer questions, with physical models and presentation boards available for viewing, and site tours available throughout the day. The consultation website will go live to coincide with the event. Comments will be able to be logged at the public consultation by hand, and remotely online.