Decision details

RESOLVED THAT:

Council be recommended to :

1.    dispose the Municipal Offices on the open market, in line with our agreed Asset Management Strategy, as the Municipal Offices are now surplus to our operational requirements;

2.    commission a development brief for the Municipal Offices which will take a creative and conservation-led approach to the reuse, adaptation and extension of the listed building, its setting and the setting of neighbouring listed buildings and the conservation area;

3.    on completion of the development brief, to invite bids for development proposals for the Municipal Offices; and

4.    requests that the Cabinet Member for Finance and Assets bring back proposals to Full Council for a final decision on its future use and disposal.