Green light for Travelodge in Bethnal Green

Plans to build a new Travelodge hotel in Bethnal Green, East London, have been approved.

A comedy club currently on the site owned by comedian Lee Hurst will be demolished.

In its place a purpose built comedy club will be built on the ground floor, with a 131-bed seven-storey Travelodge hotel above it.

The hotel is due to be completed by February 2012.