Demolition work is under way at a youth and community centre at the former Gedling railway station. Gedling Youth and Community Hub on Shearing Hill has applied for planning permission to breathe new life into the historic site.
The existing gymnasium is being demolished and the planning application seeks permission for the construction of a new canopy and entrance lobby, and use of first floor rooms as commercial office space - creating a "community hub". Chair of the management committee at the centre, Francis Rodrigues, said: "We had carried out repairs to stop leaks (at the gym) but it has got to the stage where we had a structural engineer's report and they said it was unsafe structure.
"We moved fairly quickly after that to get it demolished. The trustees appointed a contractor to come in and take it down."
