Blackpool’s landscape is changing forever as the demolition of the former police station and magistrates court continues.
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00:00Blackpool's landscape is changing forever as the demolition of the former police station
00:04and magistrates court continues. DSM demolition was appointed in December to carry out the work.
00:10The clearance also included Chapel Street car park and the former joke shop on Central Drive.
00:16Bonny Street police station has been empty since 2018 following the construction of a
00:20new headquarters on Clifton Road in Martin. In recent times the empty building had become
00:26target for vandals and urban explorers. Planning permission is in place for a £40 million new
00:32courthouse on a site on Devonshire Road but the start of the construction was delayed
00:37when contractor ISG went into administration last September. It is expected that a new contractor
00:43will be appointed shortly by the Ministry of Justice with work hopefully beginning later this
00:48year. However the original timescale to complete the project by 2026 will be delayed.