£1 million housing plan for historic Doncaster landmark Elmfield House

The main hall building, which is located inside Elmfield Park, would be converted into 'large' apartments, fitted out in a traditional style, while a more modern section of the building would be turned into more modern flats, with a gym.

200 years of history - the Elmfield House storyThe former Doncaster register office on the site would be converted into shared living accommodation, with hotel-style rooms and a shared catering area.

The proposals for the 200-year-old property have been submitted to Doncaster Council planning department as a planning application.

Developers hope their plans will safeguard the future of the building which has been targeted by vandals since its use by Doncaster Council ended.

The hall was known to a whole generation of Doncaster residents as a youth club, and was also used as the place to register births and deaths until recently.

A spokesman for the Doncaster property developer, V Developments, said nothing would change visually, other than a possible return to the hall's traditional white colour scheme, with pale grey-blue detail.

He said: "The building needs work doing to it and we think it will cost over £1 million to get it done. But if something is not done with the building, the concern is that it could be lost.