Nottinghamshire County Council could move to a new building within 18 months
Nottinghamshire County Council could move its headquarters to a new building near Hucknall within 18 months, senior local leaders have confirmed. It comes as the landmark building on the banks of the River Trent has been deemed as "big, expensive, half-empty", and costs more than £1.7m to operate and maintain each year.
"There is around £58 million for maintenance of this building over the next 15 years to get it up to a standard that we expect from a public building in terms of efficiency and energy, and everything else; versus building a new one at Top Wighay of £18 million and a half." "The history and the heritage of this building is beautiful - and it will be pointed out in the future as we work through what we do with it. But from a public service perspective, we have got a duty to make the best use of that money."
While specific plans for the County Hall building are still up in the air, Mr Bradley said: "Having built this building which we will finish in winter 2024, we want to be in it as quickly as we can because then we are starting to make savings and starting to redirect that funding. We want to do that quickly, which is why we have made that decision."
"We are moving to the middle of the county. And that is really important. Most of the services are going to be there where are actually required. So from a practical delivering services point of view, this is absolutely the right thing to do. The additional benefits are that we are moving out of an old building that is going to cost a lot of money to bring up to standard and we are moving into one which is setting the standard.
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