Councillors urge rethink over Tettenhall former police station sale
Councillors are urging police to rethink plans to sell off a former police station in Tettenhall after a rise in anti-social behaviour in the area.
The building in the High Street is going under the hammer on September 10 with a guide price of £250,000.
But councillors have said they were told in recent community policing meetings that the force planned to keep hold of the station in case it is needed in future.
It comes after a recent spate of anti-social behaviour in the village prompted a high visibility police presence.
Businesses around Tettenhall Green spoke out about problems the groups have been causing last month, but also praised police for acting on it.
Tettenhall Wightwick councillor Wendy Thompson said: “With the Prime Minister’s welcome announcement that he will be boosting police numbers, it doesn’t make any sense at all for West Midlands Police to be selling off Tettenhall Police station.
"They need to think again about getting rid of a building that they might need in future.
“Although the station is now closed to the public, there is a strong case for maintaining a base on the western side of Wolverhampton.
"We’ve recently had some problems in the village with anti-social behaviour which drew in police resources from other areas, so I think this decision to sell the building could turn out to be short-sighted.”
Other former police stations earmarked for sale are in Darlaston and Handsworth.
The three properties will all appear in Bond Wolfe Auctions’ next sale on September 10 at 10.30am at the regular venue of the Holte Suite at Aston Villa FC.
