Part of Sudbury Conservative club demolished for new homes

The Conversative club building in Prince Street in Sudbury has been torn down. 

Plans for the demolition of the building were granted by Babergh District Council in March 2021. 

The Conservative club has been a part of the town centre for more than 160 years. 

The former Conservative building in Sudbury (Image: Newsquest)

According to the plans, the redevelopment will see six new town houses built and one apartment, with part of the hall also being converted into a design studio/gallery. 

The site had been left empty for a number of years with most of the windows boarded up. 

The application stated that the proposal would seek the demolition of the existing building with the exception of the facade. 

According to the application four of the of the homes will be three storey with the other two earmarked as two storey. 

The apartment is expected to be two-bedroom. 

It comes as part of a former games shop in Sudbury was knocked down last month. 

The North Street building was torn down after plans for a new two-storey home were approved in July 2022. 

The design and access statement for the new two bedroom home stated: "The site lies within the town centre of Sudbury but is outside of any of the defined shopping frontages and falls within a designated “mixed-use” area.

"Whilst the proposal does not seek to make use of the existing building, the building is vacant and is a very small unit that lies at the very extreme of the commercial part of the town centre.

"In effect, it does not benefit from significant passing trade nor is it such that would be attractive to many users due to both its size and its distance from the main shopping areas."