Bid to raze NCR front

A FORMER NCR building on the site of the proposed new Dundee FC stadium is due for imminent demolition after “repeated” vandalism and fire-raising.

The Camperdown building was the entrance to the NCR factory but has fallen into disrepair.

It is in the footprint of the planned stadium and the club was previously given planning approval to tear down the structure, which is category B-listed.

However, a building warrant still needs to be approved for demolition to begin.

An application has been lodged in the hope the building can be torn down imminently due to safety risks and the time vandalism wastes for the emergency services.

Dundee-based LJRH Architects has lodged the proposals for Dark Blue Property Holdings Ltd, a company owned by Dundee FC’s American directors John Nelms and Tim Keyes.

A spokesperson for Dark Blue Property Holdings said: “Regrettably, due to the continued vandalism of the property, repeated attempts to set fire to it and the resultant resource impact on emergency services such as Scottish Fire and Rescue and Police Scotland, demolition is now being considered.”

The building sits prominently next to Dundee Ice Arena and Camperdown Leisure Park.

It was the front of the NCR factory, built in 1947, whose workers developed one of the first ATMs (automatic teller machines).

The firm, the National Cash Register Company, was one of the city’s biggest employers with more than 6,000 staff in the early 1970s.

Dundee have been working on the new stadium project since 2017 and revealed in December that a planning permission in principle application will be lodged “imminently”.

Dundee FC is seeking to demolish the entrance to the old NCR.

RUIN: The NCR building has been the target of vandals.