Plans propose converting the old council offices into thirty-eight apartments in Matlock, Derbyshire.
Sterling Property wants to make it apartments. They are a company from Lancashire. They want to create thirty-eight apartments there, and the local council will decide soon.
The council sold the building to save money. More people now work from their homes, so the council HQ has many empty desks.
Another council building was sold too – John Hadfield House. They will tear it down, and an Aldi store will replace it.
The Derbyshire County Council has many staff, and most of them work remotely now. The apartment plans include different sizes: eight units have one bedroom, twenty-eight have two, and only two apartments have three bedrooms.
Architects wrote a report about the project, saying the plan is good. It reuses a building and adds modern homes.
The project helps local businesses because more people could live there. The building isn’t officially historic, but it’s near buildings that are.