The company said the construction would be from sustainably sourced wood, but could not yet confirm the suppliers.

“Timber frame has the lowest carbon content of any commercially-available building material and its flexible design allows for high levels of insulation to achieve maximum energy efficiency,” it said.

The 60-bedroom Premier Inn, due to open in the autumn, will adopt green technologies trialled at its first eco hotel in Tamworth – at the time hailed as the UK’s first eco-budget hotel.

Eco features include a ground-source heat pump, rainwater harvesting and greywater recycling, low-flow showerheads, heat recovery and sun pipes.

Whitbread is targeting 70% carbon and 60% water savings in the development.

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