Plans have been submitted to demolish a troubled and decaying former cinema with a view to build shops and housing. If the council plans get the go-ahead, the former Galaxy Row Cinema in Derby Road, Long Eaton, built in 1907, would be bulldozed.
Erewash Borough Council's proposals include building four houses, 16 flats and three shops, reports Derbyshire Live. It has now filed a planning application to itself for the scheme, funded through a £25 million Government Town Deal grant awarded in 2021, with the Galaxy Row project estimated to cost between £5 million and £9 million.
In December last year, the council dubbed the former cinema an “eyesore” with the Long Eaton Town Deal website claiming it “blights the approach to Long Eaton town centre”. If approved, the former cinema – opposite the council’s Long Eaton HQ – would be demolished, along with the former Stage One nightclub and former shop unit next to it in Derby Road, and a garage facing Oxford Street to the rear would also be flattened.
