Former north Derbyshire police station bulldozed for new homes

Planning officers at Bolsover District Council have given developers the green light to complete work at the old police station at Limekiln Fields, Bolsover.

The building, more recently used for office space, will be replaced by four bungalows.

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The site is under construction and part of the police station has been demolished, with permission now being granted to build a total of four bungalows with garages.

Three of the homes are to be sited on a large former car park, and the fourth on the site of the former police station to the front.

Bolsover District Council case officer Kay Crago said: "The loss of the police station building is regrettable but previously consent for demolition has been granted and whilst the building is architecturally interesting it has no statutory designation.”

One resident who lives nearby, Laura Daniels, admitted she will be ‘sad’ to see the police station demolished and wishes she could have seen inside the building.

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However, she called for the demolition to be carried out quickly and said current work on the bungalows looked ‘amazing’.

Mrs Crago’s report adds: “The site lies within a predominantly residential area. The buildings were in office use but are vacant.

"Buildings on site are under construction. Residential use of the site has historically been considered in principle to be acceptable.”

Reports found some evidence of bats in parts of the former police station, but Derbyshire Wildlife Trust said it was happy measures had been put in place to ‘mitigate’ this.

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