Best Western Nottingham Derby, Bostocks Lane

The Best Western Nottingham Derby sits on Bostocks Lane in Sandiacre, immediately west of Long Eaton town centre and within Erewash borough. The East Midlands Airport hotel listing gives its address as Bostock’s Lane, Long Eaton, Nottingham NG10 4EP^[6]. Erewash Sound reported in January 2026 that the hotel had been used for asylum seeker accommodation for more than three years, which puts its start before January 2023^[3]Press, and in July 2026 that it had not been used for its intended purpose since 2021^[5]Press. The Home Office counts the papers quote are 179 people in the hotel in September 2025 and 79 in March 2026.

The neighbouring Novotel Nottingham Derby on the same Bostocks Lane ceased asylum use in mid 2024. The March 2024 announcement gave July 2024^[1]Press, and Erewash Sound reported in January 2026 that it ceased in June 2024^[3]Press. The closure followed a sustained campaign led by then Erewash MP Maggie Throup, who hailed it as a triumph and publicly stated her attention would now turn to lobbying ministers for the closure of the Best Western on the same road^[1]Press.

When the Novotel contract ended, more than 100 people sought homelessness support from Derbyshire authorities after being required to leave Home Office accommodation, with 105 households recorded as needing assistance. Other Novotel residents were dispersed to alternative asylum accommodation outside Erewash^[2]Press.

On 22 January 2026 Erewash Borough Council rejected a move to lobby the Government for a timeline to end asylum seeker use of the hotel^[3]Press. On 11 February 2026 Derbyshire County Council, led by a Reform UK administration, voted by a majority to approve a councillor’s motion demanding a timeline, and the Home Office insisted it will close every asylum seeker hotel^[4]Press. Erewash councillors debated the hotel’s continued use again on 23 July 2026^[5]Press.

The council briefly considered a High Court injunction against asylum use of the site, in line with similar bids by other English councils in 2022 to 2024, but no injunction proceedings were filed. The Home Office has publicly stated it intends to close every asylum hotel before the end of the current Parliament without naming a Bostocks Lane exit date.

Home Office data reported by Erewash Sound gives 79 people in the hotel in March 2026 and 179 in September 2025. At the £170 per person per night Migration Observatory benchmark^[7], 79 residents imply about £13,430 a night, or roughly £4.9 million a year, and 179 would imply about £30,430 a night, or roughly £11.1 million a year. No contract figure for the hotel has been published. The May 2025 NAO contract review put the average per hotel run rate across the wider portfolio at about £5.84 million per year^[8]NAO.