Buxton’s plans for getting a banking hub are getting closer after a planning application has been given the green light.

In recent years four banks have left Buxton town centre and so to fill the void a new banking hub was announced last year for Spring Gardens.

Link, which is owned by Cash Access and run by the Post Office in partnership with nine major banks, is looking to provide access to town centre banking.

High Peak Borough Council has rubber stamped the latest plans for 34 Spring Gardens, which will be the home of the new banking hub, for a ‘new shop front, installation of ventilation grilles and condenser units’.

The former Buxton Bargains store will now have a revamp which includes the removal of existing shopfront and door and replacement shopfront and matching door with new timber stallriser and pillars.

Inside the store the walls will be relined as well as new and improved heating and ventilation with any new ducts, pipework or conduits installed with ‘minimal disturbance to existing walls’.

In the heritage statement submitted with the application it stated: “There will be new suspended ceilings to accommodate the improved heating and ventilation system and lighting proposals.

“There will be the addition of internal partitions to create required rooms for use as a Banking Hub.”

There will also be upgrades to internal lighting and data infrastructure to meet modern standards as well as internal decoration to front of house and staff areas and the installation of external louvred grilles and condenser units externally to the rear of the property for the new ventilation system. •

There will also be the installation of an externally illuminated fascia sign and projecting hanging sign.

The statement said: “All proposed works have been carefully designed to minimise harm to the historic fabric and to ensure reversibility where possible.”

Cash Access said: “ The proposals have been developed with a conservation-led approach, aiming to take guidance from the surrounding properties.

“The proposed upgrades represent a sensitive and justified intervention to ensure the ongoing use and preservation of the building.

“The works will support the building’s future without compromising its architectural or historical significance, aligning with national and local heritage policies.”