Five new jobs could be created if the owners of a Carlisle hotel get permission to create an extra 22 rooms.
Bosses want to convert empty offices on the first floor of the Travelodge Carlisle Central Hotel at Exchange House in Cecil Street.
The hotel currently occupies the ground and second to fourth floors of the property. The first floor remains unoccupied and is accessible only via steps from Cecil Street.
Currently there are 22 full time equivalent jobs and it is proposed that this would be 27 posts if permission for the change of use of the first floor is granted.
The planning application is being considered by planning officers at Cumberland Council.
