Plans submitted for shared police and fire station

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue have submitted a planning application to enable firefighters to share Maltby Police Station with South Yorkshire Police.

The proposal, which would see the existing Maltby fire station close, won Government Transformation Funding of £560,000 last year.

Fire chiefs said it would save both the Police and the Fire Service money by sharing building running costs, enabling funding to be targeted at frontline services.

The move would also shift fire service resources around a mile closer to the east side of Rotherham, which accounts for a higher number of emergency incidents, compared to lower risk areas to the east of Maltby.

If the plans are approved by Rotherham Council, work could begin early next year and the forces would be sharing the building by next summer.