A new £10 million hotel is expected to create jobs and stimulate the local economy.

Detailed plans for the 80-room building at the Millennium Business Park at Steeton, near Keighley, have been submitted to Bradford Council.

A crescent-shaped building would take centre stage in the new development.

Steeton-with-Eastburn parish councillor Su Thompson said it was a “positive” development which would bring jobs and raise the profile of the village.

“Steeton is on a gateway to the Yorkshire Dales and it doesn’t have hotel facilities like this,” she said.

The plans have been compiled on behalf of Acorn Stairlifts, an international company with offices in the business park.

It was hoped the application would go before City Hall planners before the end of March.

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