A POPULAR hotel could create up to 40 jobs with fresh expansion plans including 17 additional rooms.

Ambitious proposals have been lodged for the new detached building at the Oysterfleet Hotel on Canvey.

It comes after three other plans for suites, new homes and an extension were refused by Castle Point Council.

Details of new plans say the area to be developed is vacant land.

The remainder of the site contains the existing Oysterfleet Hotel, bar and restaurant and associated car-parking.

If agreed there would also be an additional 17 car parking spaces and six motorbike spaces, the plans reveal.

There would also be ten fulltime and 30 part-time jobs created as part of the new development.

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Former Tory councillor, Ray Howard, said he supports the principle of the plans for the island hotel.

Mr Howard, who served on Castle Point and Essex county councils, said: “The plans have been on and off for years and the hotel has served the community very well and it is the only one on the island.

“It is fully booked often and subject to the bosses getting the planning rules right, I wish it well. It is well known and has nice architecture.

“I hope the planners and applicant can get together to resolve this matter.”

Back in 2019 plans for another 18 rooms was refused by Castle Point Council after concerns about “over dominance”

and “overlooking”.

A report by a planning officer stated the land is identified for new homes in the local plan, rather than new hotel rooms.

Then later in September 2019, plans for two blocks of nine flats were also thrown out by the council.

In 2015, the hotel has plans approved to convert roof space to create an extra seven rooms but the plans were never implemented.

The owners of the hotel and and application agent Brian Davison Associates were contacted for comment by the Echo.

The Oysterfleet describes itself as an independentlyowned, family run hotel. The hotel boasts 41 bedrooms all with en