APPLICATION FOR LISTED BUILDING CONSENT

Wednesday 1 Sep 2004

APPLICATION FOR LISTED BUILDING CONSENT

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Network Rail has applied to Middlesbrough Council for listed building consent to demolish Zetland House at the Grade II listed Middlesbrough Station. The office block, which was built in the 1960’s and sits at a right angle to the main station buildings, is no longer fit for purpose, having high concentrations of asbestos as well as an obsolete internal layout; it has been unoccupied for a number of years. Should the application be successful it is anticipated that demolition work would be completed by April 2005. The demolition of Zetland House will remove an undoubted eyesore from the Cityscape and help restore the station to its former glory.

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