Whitchurch Town Council has secured temporary new headquarters at the old Police Station following the discovery of RAAC at the Civic Centre last year.
The Police Station will become a ‘town hall and community hub’ whilst the Town Council continue their campaigning efforts to get a Civic Centre back in the town.
The Town Council is expected to begin working from there in March, with many of the local groups who used the Civic set to be able to access the building from April.
North Shropshire MP Helen Morgan has welcomed the news and reiterated her support for the Save Our Civic campaign and efforts to maintain Civic Centre provision in the town, ahead of a protest planned for Saturday morning.
Helen Morgan, MP for North Shropshire, said:
“It is great to see that Whitchurch Town Council have listened to residents and moved quickly to secure a new temporary HQ.
“In particular, I am glad to see that many of the groups who used Whitchurch Civic Centre will have a home again too. The impact of losing the Civic has been immense not just for council services but for volunteer-led community organisations.
“This does not mean that the campaign to Save Our Civic has ended, and I will be joining protestors on Saturday morning to show Shropshire Council and Levelling Up Department Ministers that people here feel extremely strongly about the future of the Civic.”
The petition to be presented to Ministers is now at around 1200 signatures and can be found online here: helenmorgan.org.uk/whitchurch-civic.
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