Plans to house more asylum seekers in Carlisle has been met by protests and complaints in the area around it.
The Cumbria Park Hotel on Scotland Road is set to host single adult females.
Carlisle MP John Stevenson has already expressed his concerns to the Home Office.
He said: “I have spoken with the Home Office about the potential use of a new site in Carlisle to house asylum seekers. I have been assured by Home Office officials that the site will house single female adults only.
“I am in continuing dialogue with the Home Office to seek reassurances that where we have hotels being used in places like Carlisle, applications are being processed in a timely manner to ensure that there is limited impact on the host community. This includes for sites that are already in use.”
The Friends of Stanwix School launched a petition against the plans when they believed the hotel would house male asylum seekers. Over 1,400 people signed it but it has since been closed to new signatures.
Liberal Democrat councillor Brian Wernham, who represents Stanwix Urban, said “I’ve spoken to the staff at the hotel face-to-face in person and it looks like the refugees are overwhelmingly going to be women and children. So: let’s make this work smoothly. Let’s make this safe for everyone – residents, refugees – everyone. Let’s set up a community liaison group.”
Asylum seekers will be arriving on Friday, November 11, and the hotel said, in an automated email response, that any future bookings will be refunded.
The independently owned hotel said it would be in touch with people who had booked rooms and events at the venue over the coming days.
