New use for landmark former bank building in Ellesmere Port

Plans to transform the upper levels of a prominent former bank building in Ellesmere Port into a house of multiple occupancy (HMO) have been approved. The property on Station Road, whose ground floor was most recently home to William Hill and is situated at the Westminster Road junction, will see its first and second floors redeveloped into five one-bedroom flats.

The ground floor is not included in the development plans. Previously utilised as office space, these upper floors are part of a building that, while locally listed like the nearby derelict Station Hotel pub, lacks the statutory protection of a Grade II listing.

The building's origins trace back to its