Windsor Street Clearance Complete

Demolition works are now complete on the site of the old Fire Station and Library on Windsor Street.

The demolition phase of works on Windsor Street in Bromsgrove have now been completed after the site was acquired by Bromsgrove District Council in March 2022 from Worcestershire County Council and Hereford and Worcester Fire Authority.

For eight years, the site had been derelict after the library was relocated to its current Parkside location and the fire station to Slideslow Drive.

The works are part of a wider scheme of projects across Bromsgrove funded by the UK Government’s Levelling Up Fund.

Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Regeneration, Cllr. Sue Baxter, said: “Completion of the demolition of the Windsor Street site is an excellent step towards the area coming back into use for a better Bromsgrove. Bringing a brownfield site back into use is a long process to ensure safety, protecting the longevity of any project. It is imperative we get this right and I’m delighted the work is progressing well.”

The funding for the Windsor Street project included acquisition, demolition, decontamination, and remediation of the key brownfield site. This equates to the removal of the old derelict buildings to make way for a new development that is suitable for a range of uses.

Bromsgrove District Council are currently exploring possible uses for the site with the goal to increase footfall and dwell time in Bromsgrove Town Centre, strengthening the local economy.

The next stage involves contractors removing contaminated soil and continuing to monitor the ground water to ensure the site is safe to develop on.