Plans to demolish Stalybridge’s former police station and replace it with a block of flats slammed as ‘ugly’ by councillors have been approved. Once used by the Cheshire Constabulary, and then later Greater Manchester Police, Stalybridge Police station was built in 1968 and remained in use for 37 years.
However it has lain empty since 2005 and has fallen into a state of ‘disrepair and dereliction’, becoming ‘Stalybridge’s biggest eyesore’ according to local councillors. Previous plans to convert the building into apartments fell by the wayside and have now been replaced with an application by to demolish the police station.
It will now be replaced with a four-storey building featuring 24 one and two-bedroom flats for a specialist supported living scheme, which includes a dedicated care 24 hour care team.
