Plans for the next phase of development at the Handy Cross Hub have finally been revealed - including a new hotel and six office blocks.

Wycombe District Council is pressing on with its plans to redevelop the site at the top of Marlow Hill and hopes a new hotel and office complex will help create a “celebrated entrance” to High Wycombe.

Phase one and two of their £150 million “masterplan” for the area were finished in January 2016, with the new sports centre, coachway and park and ride and Waitrose superstore officially opened.

A new kids’ block – including a toddler gym and a nursery – is currently being built.

The next stage of the plans include four three-storey office blocks with above and below ground parking and two restaurants, arranged around a central shared plaza, on the site of the old sports centre.

The old leisure centre – which is currently a building site – was occupied by travellers in April 2017, and 210 tonnes of rubbish had to be cleared away, costing £43,000.

Plans say the new buildings will be “of the highest quality” because it would be the “first impression” anyone had when visiting the Handy Cross Hub.

More than 400 car parking spaces and 99 cycle stands are also being planned to accompany the office blocks and there will be outside seating with planters, tables and chairs to create a “lively” public space.

Wycombe planners say the buildings have been designed to “blend in” with the surroundings because the Handy Cross hub can be seen from the AONB Winter Hill.

A 150-bed hotel at the hub will feature a bar, lounge, function rooms, three meeting rooms and a gym as well as 44 parking spaces.

Despite the proximity to the M40, the plans argue that the site will become a “tranquil hub” with ideas pitched for a woodland backdrop, extensive planting and ponds.

There are also plans for two more five-storey office blocks with curved fronts and a “circus” area with trees and more parking spaces outside.

Dense trees between the hotel and the M40 would provide protection from noise and prevailing winds and the combination of the wind, slope and sun could be “exploited” for renewable energy collection.

The full plans can be viewed by typing in 18/05338/R4REM at publicaccess.wycombe.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/