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07
May 2021
A Starbeck business owner has called for urgent action on a derelict high street building that he says is damaging the image of the area.
A fire ripped through the former McColl's supermarket in July 2018, but almost three years later, the Victorian-era building is still a burned-out shell with much of its roof missing.
Andrew Hart is the owner of Starbeck's Post Office which stands opposite the building. He said he has grown frustrated with progress to refurbish it and said it's holding the wider area back from redevelopment.
He said:
Mr Hart said the building reminds him of a World War II bomb site and has become "the disgrace of Starbeck".
He added:
Cllr Broadbank expects a formal planning application to be submitted by the landlord imminently.
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