A DECISION on where the new police station will be built is "close", according to the Police and Crime Commissioner. 

It comes two months after plans for a new station at High Post near Amesbury were refused. 

Before that, four sites were "actively being considered" as possible locations for a new police station in south Wiltshire.

Those included sites in the Fugglestone Red and Old Sarum areas of Salisbury, and on land joined with Salisbury District Hospital.

But now PCC Philip Wilkinson has said that after months of negotiations with site owners, a decision on the new Salisbury station is "close and we will announce the location as soon as the contract is signed".

Mr Wilkinson added: "I’m currently pushing hard to get the last few details signed off as I fully appreciate how important this is for the residents of Salisbury and across the south of the county.

“Once the contract is signed, the Chief Constable and I will discuss the detail of our policing plans for the South with our residents.”

It is still not yet known whether or not the new police station will include a custody suite.