Cleethorpes Civic Offices on the market for £1.5m

The council left the site in February and moved to New Oxford House

Former council offices in Cleethorpes have been put on the market for £1.5m.

The offices in Knoll Street are described by the commercial property agent as a "substantial landmark office building".

Suggestions for the future use of the former Civic Offices include using it as a hospitality venue or turning it into flats.

North East Lincolnshire Council officers left the three-storey building in February and moved to New Oxford House.

The sale does not include Cleethorpes Town Hall next door or The Knoll, which houses the Armed Forces Major Events team and Blighty Cafe.

The decision by the council to leave the building was part of plans to reduce the number of its sites and help towards its aim of carbon neutrality by 2030, reports the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

Money from the sale will go towards children's services, adult social care and improving recycling rates.

"We now look forward to seeing what the future holds for this building and will be ensuring that any sale fulfils all our statutory requirements around achieving best consideration, whilst welcoming a development that will further Cleethorpes’s regeneration," the council said in a statement.

"Our children’s services teams have now relocated into Grimsby town centre from the Civic Offices and are settled in New Oxford House.

"This has been successful, with journeys cut down between Grimsby and Cleethorpes and the majority of council staff working more closely together in the town centre."