PLANS have been submitted to demolish the former police station in Barrow and build a huge 127-bedroom hotel.

The proposal to build the Holiday Inn Express have been submitted to Barrow Borough Council and includes 127 bedrooms, a car park and landscaping.

A period of public consultation has opened, because of the scale and location of the proposed hotel, which would be next to the Town Hall, a listed building.

The public consultation is due to end on September 8 with a decision on the plans to be made by the planning committee by November 3.

The former police station closed when its replacement, in Andrews Way, opened.

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The Market Street building was put on the market in 2015 for a figure believed to be in the region of £850,000.