A HOTEL chain wants to add a beer garden to its plans.

Premier Inn has applied to add the 42-seat outdoor area to its plan for a hotel in St Peter’s Street, Colchester.

Colchester Council’s licensing committee will decide on the plans at its meeting on Friday.

Premier Inn was given permission to build an 85-bedroom hotel, next to Colchester’s Castle Park, three years ago, but work was delayed after a series of failed appeals by opponents.