CINEMA - COMPULSORY PURCHASE?

For 27 months Erewash Borough Council has been trying to buy the former Galaxy Row cinema, and a number of surrounding plots, in Derby Road, Long Eaton. Now the council is filing to compulsory purchase the former entertainment venue from the owner. The Council has made at least three formal offers for the site, but these have been rejected by the owner leaving the former cinema on the market for £575,000. Negotiations are continuing. 
The council have submitted a planning application to itself to demolish the former cinema, along with a shop, garage and nightclub, to make way for four houses, 16 flats and three shops. The project will be entirely funded by a £25 million Government Town Deal grant awarded in 2021.