PRESERVATION TIMELINE

September 1964: Long Eaton Urban District Council served a Demolition Order on the British Waterways Board regarding the former Sandiacre lock cottages and toll house.

December 1964: The British Waterways Board was granted planning permission to replace the cottages with a bungalow. The bungalow was built behind the lock cottages.

ECP&DA committee investigated the possibility of obtaining a lease to use the cottages as headquarters and a base for operations.

1969: Following the intervention of BWB chairman Sir Frank Price, ECP&DA was granted permission to use the Sandiacre cottages and toll house as its meeting rooms for one year.

May 1986: The List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest was revised to include the lock chamber and bridge on the Erewash Canal and the cottages and toll house. They are now designated as Grade II listed buildings.

March 1991: the ECP&DA was granted planning permission to use the Sandiacre cottages and tollhouse as its meeting rooms on a permanent basis.

2016: A Canal & River Trust Heritage Assessment recommended that the cottages retained their Grade II listed status and were a rare example with a very high heritage status.

December 2017: Having leased the Sandiacre Lock Cottages since 1969, ECP&DA purchased the buildings from the Canal & River Trust.