Plan For Fire Service Training Complex Moves Forward
Written by HFM News on 8th February 2025
The plan to build a state-of-the-art training facility for firefighters has moved forward.
Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service has submitted a planning application to create it in Billesdon, on a former council depot site on Goulby Road.
How the new training centre would look
The £7.6m facility would help firefighters train for a wide range of incidents and the complex will include ‘advanced operational zones’, developed in-line with the latest recommendations from the Grenfell Tower public enquiry.
On-call firefighters based in the village would also relocate to the site for the current fire station on Rolleston Road.
Harborough District Council will consider the planning application.
The site in Billesdon
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