About £ 30 meter East Midlands was spent on Fire Control Center which will never open

Isaac ash

BBC News, East Midlands

The building will be on government books by 2033

BBC entry to a run down looking building on an industrial estate — The building will be on government books by 2033

The taxpayers have been spent on maintaining an empty fire control center of about £ 30m, which was never used.

The idea of operating fire services at five East Midlands counties from the site in Castle Donington, Lecesterresire was suggested in 2004 as part of a nationwide reorganization. FircontrolWhich was later finished.

But it was not that the government signed a 25 -year contract for the £ 14M building in 2007, which should run until 2033.

The cost, including rent, rates, utilities and security for the site, is currently responsible for £ 2.5ma years, so one and £ 20m or more may be required to spend to the end of the contract.

The Center was about to call the house handler for five brigade at one place.

Two men passing through a huge empty space that were planned as a control room — The Center was about to call the house handler for five brigade at one place.

Issuing the ongoing financial statements of the contract, the Housing, Community and Local Government (MHCLG) Ministry confirmed the BBC that there are “no circumstances” that can end the contract, which had earlier agreed in 2007.

In the financial year of 2024-25, the building was spent £ 2,580,154.62 on the building.

MHCLG stated that when it was tied to the contract, it was looking to find an alternative use for the site to offset the ongoing costs or find an occupied one.

A spokesperson said: “We are working to find new tenants for these buildings so that we can pay for taxpayers for money.”

Taxpayer is stopping the cost of safety, rent, rates and higher

Broken barrier at the entrance of the site — Taxpayer is stopping the cost of safety, rent, rates and higher

The three -storey site at Wilobrook Farm Business Park was planned to be opened in 2009 to handle emergency calls for Derbyshire, Lessestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire.

This will be one of the nine new centers instead of existing 46 control papers across the country.

The fire brigade union Expensive and potentially opposed plans for reduction in service.

And by 2010 the project was abolished.

In 2011, a committee of MPs stated that the entire plan was a “full failure” and cost about half a billion pounds.