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Search the Public Notice PortalPlans to demolish a town centre supermarket in Wiltshire remain under consideration nearly a year after submission.
The derelict Co-op store on Mill Street in Calne has been empty for five years and has been earmarked for demolition by owner Cedar Care Homes.
The firm applied for planning permission to demolish the disused building in February, in preparation for turning the site into a care home.
The construction of the care home will be dealt with in a separate proposal, which has not yet been submitted and was recently described as being “a little way off.”
A decision on the demolition application had been expected in Autumn, but a new consultation lasting until November 27 has now been launched after an ecological appraisal survey was lodged with the council.
The council has set a new latest decision date of December 12 after receiving this document.
The survey, commissioned by Cedar Care Developments Ltd, has listed several measures that should be taken to prevent the demolition from negatively impacting local wildlife.
Earlier this year, the applicant sent a letter to Wiltshire Council pleading for permission to knock down the building as soon as possible after “distressing” break-ins.
It said: “The existing site is subject to increasing levels of unauthorised entry and vandalism by local youths.
“We are constantly securing the site and taking measures to try and prevent entry, but this is not an easy job.
“The continued vandalism is drawing a lot of calls to the police from distressed residents living nearby.
“The vandalism includes the lighting of fires, which thereby poses a threat to nearby buildings, including the historic church in Calne.”
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The old supermarket was described as a “nuisance” that was acting as a magnet for anti-social behaviour in the town.
The letter added: “I have been told that the residents will also be writing to you to ask for immediate demolition of the site.
“Whilst we understand your desire to ensure the plot is not left empty after demolition, it should be clear that there is no desire to reopen this site as a retail store.
“It is clearly not in our economic interest to leave a site vacant when we have spent a substantial amount of money to acquire it.
“Can I ask you to immediately grant permission for the demolition so that we can remove this particular nuisance for the people of Calne.”
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