A NEW vision for Colchester's old Odeon cinema site has been revealed by developers.

Plans to build a hotel and apartment complex have been radically altered.

Revised plans have ditched the hotel element and set the luxury apartments away from Crouch Street around a courtyard.

The Art Deco facade of the former cinema will be kept and restored, and developers say once planning permission work can begin immediately.

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