Former South Yorkshire police station and youth club affected by “vandalism and arson” to be demolished

Plans have been approved to demolish the pair of semi-detached buildings, on Overdale Avenue, which were acquired by West Yorkshire Police in 1966.

The building was used as a police station and dwelling until 1986, and then became Bank End Youth Club under a lease agreemen.

The youth club was closed in 2013 and handed back to South Yorkshire Police, and planning documents state that a purchaser has been sought for the site.

However, the attempts have been “unsuccessful,” and the building has “subsequently fallen into disrepair after several spates of vandalism, arson and anti-social behaviour.”

The proposal will see the building demolished and the land sold after it is cleared.

Planning documents state: “The building itself is found within the green belt but the immediately surrounding area is largely sub-urban, with residential properties to the immediate West and South with Sunnybank Nursery to the North-East.”