Cheshire East Council has begun the task of moving out of its Sandbach HQ, Westfields in Middlewich Road.

A removal van with several boxes was spotted today (Thursday) outside the building which is rumoured may become a school for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

A van was seen moving boxes out of Westfields today (Thursday). (Photo: Nub News)

The closure decision was taken at a meeting of the council's corporate policy committee at the end of last November as part of the 'workplace' programme as we revealed here

According to a BBC story here it's been revealed that the preferred option for the building is to use the site as a SEND free school funded by the Department for Education.  

No further information has become available for the iconic building which was the subject of much debate when it was built.

A 19th century mansion house, the former home of the Foden family, the iconic truck business on which Sandbach's fortunes were built, was knocked down to make way for the new council HQ. 

Westfields opened in 2008 as the headquarters of the then-Congleton Borough Council, before it became part of Cheshire East when the authority was formed in 2009. 

A spokesperson from Cheshire East Council said: "The building will close for staff from Monday 2 December."

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