 In March 2010 , it was announced that the town 's magistrates ' court was to be closed due its poor facilities and lack of rooms . It had been suggested that the site might be developed as a town hall or the site used as a car <unk> but this plan was prevented when a group formed to oppose the proposal to purchase the site for a new town hall were elected to two thirds of the council seats in May 2011 . In June 2011 , it was announced that two local businesspeople had purchased the site and the building was demolished in March 2012 to make space for a car park . 
