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Pioneering the way in town-centre living
The old NE Derbyshire District Council offices are to become retirement living accommodation in the town centre.
Chesterfield is leading the way when it comes to transforming the high street into a vibrant place to live - as well as to go shopping.
A number of developments are converting existing build- ings and sites into new places to live, right in the heart of the town.
McCarthy and Stone are working on a scheme which will see the former North East Derbyshire District Coun- cil’s former headquarters on Saltergate demolished and replaced with 64 retirement homes. The development aims to provide much-need- ed homes for older people in a central location
Chesterfield Borough Council has also granted con- ditional planning permission
building has already been transformed after it was re- launched as the Sorbo Lounge restaurant and bar last month.
The first and second floors of the Grade II-listed build- ing will be converted into 10 apartments after plans were passed by Chesterfield Bor- ough Council.
Meanwhile, work is un- derway to transform the cur- rently vacant first and second floors on Knifesmithgate into apartments
Councillor Steve Brunt, Chesterfield’s cabinet mem- ber for town centres and visitor economy, said: “Hav- ing housing in the town cen- tre ensures that the heart of town remains a lively place. It brings footfall to the shops and businesses in the town which helps to secure the fu- ture of those businesses.”
The old Post Office building, which has already opened as the Sorbo Lounge on the ground floor, will have luxury apartments above the restaurant.
to applicant David Ramsden to convert one of the town’s most iconic buildings into new town-centre living space.
The former magistrates’ court building was designed by renowned architect, plan- ner and academic Professor Joseph Stanley Allen, the
building was built in 1956 and became listed in 1998.
The plans would see the building turned into 32 apart- ments.
New apartments will be al- so be created in Chesterfield’s former Post Office.
The ground floor of the
The iconic former magistrates court building