An iconic power station is to be bulldozed to make way for housing. The Fiddler's Ferry plant in Cheshire is being earmarked for 1,700 homes, parkland, and new business units.
The eight 374ft cooling towers and 660ft chimney had sat next to the River Mersey for 50 years before the plant was decommissioned last year. A prominent landmark it can be seen from as far away as the Peak District and the Pennines.
But its future was doomed when in 2015 the then Minister in charge of the Department of Energy and Climate Change proposed that the UK's remaining coal-fired power stations will be shut by 2025 with their use restricted by 2023.
