The complete demolition of a listed former Llandudno hotel is one step away from becoming a reality.

Conwy County Borough Council’s planning committee approved the full demolition of the Tudno Castle Hotel last week with one condition.

The plans have been passed on to Cadw, the Welsh Government’s historic environment service, who will have to give the demolition approval for it to go ahead.

Developer Optus North’s James Farnaby said: “We are very pleased that Conwy Council has approved the planning application.

“As the former Tudno Castle Hotel is a listed building, CADW will now consider it. We are hopeful that work will be proceed in the coming months.”

Plans will see the listed building fully demolished, a new Tudno Castle Hotel redevelopment to provide a 63 bedroom hotel, five restaurants and a space for a retail store.

After originally hoping to maintain the original facade it has since been found it is too much in disrepair and a new proposal would see the full demolition and the listed façade recreated.

Anna Shelley, Conservation Adviser with The Victorian Society, who dealt with the case of the Tudno Castle Hotel, described the news as a “very sad end”.

She said: “This is certainly a very sad end to a long running case we have had with the Tudno Castle Hotel. We objected to the 2007 application for total demolition (which was refused) and the current façade retention scheme which has failed, so we really didn’t want to lose the building and tried everything we could to protect it.

“Now that the building has been compromised and is in danger of collapse it seems we have reached the end of the road, but it is crucial that as much of the original building material is retained as possible to be used in the rebuild, as is recommended by the council in their approval.”

Cadw is expected to make a final decision in the coming weeks.