Winchester House demolition will start this month

Comer Homes hopes the removal of the hated '3M building' will be complete by the spring

Demolition of the towns most notorious eyesore will start this month and is expected to be completed by next spring.

The regeneration of Bracknell town centre took another massive step forward after plans to replace Winchester House with a 19-storey block of flats, a gym and shops were approved by Bracknell Forest Councils planning committee last Thursday.

The old 3M building has been empty since the technology company moved out in 2003 and had attracted anti-social behaviour.

The derelict tower will be demolished and replaced with a block of modern apartments.

Councillor Colin Dudley, chair of the boroughs planning committee, said: Were very excited at the prospect of getting rid of that eyesore at last. This is going to start to give the people of Bracknell their pride back in the town centre.

If Winchester House goes its going to be the catalyst of new tenants coming to the town centre.

Whenever we talk about the regeneration people look to Winchester House as an indicator of how its going, its like a bad penny that keeps turning up.

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Robert Sheppard, principal engineer at Comer Homes which owns the block, said: We have already appointed a demolition contractor and the keys were handed over on Friday we expect internal soft strip demolition works to commence in May.

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Winchester House demolition will start this month