New hotel and future of Bolton’s Debenhams store announced under multi-million pound town centre bid

AN ambitious multi-million pound  bid to open a hotel and transform Bolton Market Place Centre – including reopening the former Debenham’s unit- has been submitted to the government.

Bolton Council has submitted two bids totalling £40m to the Levelling Up Fund – in advance of the August 2 deadline – and they are in addition to the already successful application for £20M to build the new Bolton College of Medical Science.