Dilapidated supermarket demolition on the cards

The old store has been described as "rather brutalist" in design

A bid has been lodged to demolish a "rather brutalist" former supermarket in the Borders to replace it with a new store.

It is the second time proposals to take down the old Sainsbury's site in Selkirk have been submitted after previous plans were withdrawn earlier this year.

If approved the scheme would see the "dilapidated" building on the town's High Street removed.

A new Co-op store would then be constructed to replace its current facility in the town.

The new store would replace the current Co-op in the town

A design statement said the site had a history dating back at least a century and a half and once was home to a picture house.

However, the current structure has been described as an "early 1970s example of retail architecture".

Developers said the replacement of the "tired and unsightly" building in a conservation area would be welcome.

They said it would benefit the town by redeveloping what was "essentially a negatively viewed site within the local area".

The existing Co-op store was described as no longer fit for purpose and its replacement would provide a "significantly improved offering".