Police station conversion progressing well
Refurbishment works at a former police station are progressing well as a council aims to transform into a community space.
Shifnal Town Council said it had been working hard to transform the old police station into a community cafe and gardens, function rooms and advice centre.
It would also host the town’s CCTV system, the council said.
The building is due to be ready imminently. The cost of the scheme is unknown at present.
A spokesman for the council said: “Shifnal Town Council are pleased to update that refurbishment works at the Old Police Station are well under way.
“The works are intended to create a community space with the potential for a variety of projects including secure housing of the CCTV systems, a community café and gardens, community function rooms and the space for community housing, policing, community bus and citizen advice services to be invited to hold a presence in the heart of Shifnal town.
“The project should complete soon at which time the town council will be corresponding with relevant organisations to deliver a well utilised community hub.
“This refurbishment will be delivered as a leader project due to partial grant funding from the programme.
“Leader projects are financed by the Rural Development Programme for England with contributions from The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development.”
A number of former police stations have been transformed into different types of developments across the county.
In Wem, planning permission was granted for six affordable homes at the former police station in Barnard Street in 2014.
And last year, West Mercia Police announced it has plans to close police stations in Whitchurch, Wem and Bridgnorth, along with the smaller Riverside station in Shrewsbury.
Bridgnorth has moved to co-locate with Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service at Bridgnorth Fire Station on Innage Lane.
In Wem the police station will be co-located with the NHS at the Community Clinic on Aston Street, and in Whitchurch it will be at Whitchurch Community Hospital on Claypit Street.
The Shrewsbury Town Centre Police Post is being co-located with the town council in the library on Castle Street.
