Work to start on new £20m Humberside Police control centre

The building will house over 500 members of staff and will contain a state-of-the-art control room, improving the force’s service.

The facility will be built on the Melton West Business Park near Hull.

It will replace the current one in Hessle which is apparently no longer fit for use.

The building will handle all 999 or 101 calls from the public across Humberside Police force’s area.

It will also house specialist units such as major crime investigation.

Construction on the 107,000 square foot building is scheduled to be completed in 2022.

Crime Commissioner Keith Hunter said:

“I am delighted that planning permission has been granted for the new police building at Melton,” he said.

“At this moment of national crisis our thoughts and efforts are naturally on dealing with the tragedy affecting many families and coping with the stresses on our NHS and other public services.

“It is nevertheless hugely important to consider how we emerge from this and position our public services for the future, in what will inevitably be a challenging time as businesses try to re-build and people who have lost jobs try to regain their former employment or seek new work.

“Being able to confirm this new building will now go ahead is therefore a great announcement for our area. It will create jobs and boost supply lines throughout the Humber region.

“This go-ahead is a statement that we will emerge and Humberside Police will continue to drive forward its ambition to be an outstanding police force. We must invest for the future.

“I really want to stress that this building is not about centralising policing. Over the past four years of my tenure more and more local officers have been based back in the communities they police.

“That is the natural direction for Humberside Police. No police station with locally based operational officers has been closed without a replacement opening and that will continue.

“This building will, however, allow a new force control room to be built to put us at the forefront of call handling in the country. It will also allow officers based in specialist units to work together allowing efficiencies that can be reinvested in improving the service.

“It will not reduce service to any area, it will improve it for the whole force.”

Anthony Dillon, managing director of Willmott Dixon in the North, added:

“It’s critical that those who work around the clock to keep us all safe have the right facilities and a suitable working environment for 21st century policing.

“These new modern facilities for Humberside Police are designed to create a state of the art and value for money environment, giving control room teams and officers in specialist units the very best support they need to serve the people of Humberside.

“We’re proud to be working in partnership once again with Humberside Police to support the modernisation of its estate, having also delivered the Birchin Way custody facility in Grimsby, the first to be delivered using our CODE pre-designed concept which we believe is the next generation for custodial facilities.”