Steel Signing ceremony takes place at Pendle Police Station

The steel signing ceremony took place at the site of what will be the new Pendle Police Station on Carr Road in Nelson.

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00:00Absolutely delighted this is something that we've been looking to achieve now for for several years

00:06and really it's great to see the progress being made at long last actually to be here and to see

00:12the just the scale of the the building is quite impressive and looking forward to to seeing the

00:18construction and and finally to be able to deliver the service to the people of Pendle.

00:24I think it's absolutely amazing development I know I've been involved right from the

00:28initial drawing and plans to make sure it's fit for what my officers need to do to be able to

00:33police in this area of Lancashire and it's really good to see and I live locally so I'll be watching

00:39it build up over a period of time but to come here today and actually stand inside the footprint of

00:43the building absolutely amazing just to see the size and scale of it and I'm sure my officers

00:47when they're moving will be absolutely thrilled with what it looks like. We've got police stations

00:52in Nelson and Coles and the cost of the refurbishment and the maintenance of those buildings

00:58has become such that really it's better invested in in the future what police need now to deliver

01:05the service but also looking ahead to 10, 15, 20 years and into the future what can deliver the

01:13best possible service for the people of Lancashire and the people of Pendle and that's what we've got

01:18here facility new facility near the motorway that can actually deliver a quick effective efficient

01:26service and and it is cost effective. With the way the construction is going at the moment and I've

01:30got to say the developers have been really really good how they've the time scales that they've

01:34progressed with so looking probably in mid-2026 which might seem like a long time off but it's

01:39only 18 months and this has been here for six months I've seen such a difficult changes from

01:44from the outset it's really good to see and hopefully within 18 months I'll be sat here

01:48having another conversation opening the the building up is really good. Obviously we're

01:53really looking forward to to seeing how this evolves and making sure that it works you know

02:00because it is investment in the community investment in the service but also getting

02:05local people involved in the building of this as well and that's really important social value is a

02:11part of what we're creating here. This is state-of-the-art policing so this this is a brand

02:17new station because where the officers work now they were built in the 70s they're no longer fit

02:20for purpose and the amount of work that's needed to keep them going and maintain them is a heck of

02:25a lot of money so that investment here in a brand new police station where officers could come here

02:30do a really really good job feel like they are supported by Clive Grenshaw and the Chief

02:35Constable and the work that they want to do be really invaluable it's a really prime location

02:40spot for us from my responding point of view it's next to the M65 motorway it's next to the

02:44Paddy and Bypass and getting to Nelson, Colne, Bray very very quickly and that's exactly what

02:49one of the things we're here to do.