COUNCIL GIVEN GO-AHEAD FOR NEW BUILD

PRESS RELEASE                                                                

9 MARCH 2010

The Council has now satisfied the Environment Agency’s requirements for sustainable drainage solutions (SUDS) on the Burton Road site.

The granting of Planning Permission was dependent upon this and has now been granted by the Planning Authority so that the building work can proceed, subject to several conditions.

Councillor Malise Graham said:

"So much has been achieved in a relatively short period of time and it is rewarding that all the hard work put into getting to this stage has paid off.  We are now ready to begin the actual construction."

The Council is now finalising its plans for internal layouts and specifications to feed into the procurement process which is underway for a main contractor to build the development and as previously reported Demolition and Enabling work has now started.

The cost of the approx 3,400 m² new building and associated works e.g. Highways, Demolition etc. will be in the region of £5 million funded by the insurance settlement and partner/tenant contributions.

An Artist’s impression of the New Building in the Street Scene has been produced and can be accessed from the link below (please note that the full extent of the Highways improvements are not illustrated):

Link to Artist’s impression of the New Building.

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For more information please contact:

Contact Name:  Angela Tebbutt

Job Title:  Assistant Chief Executive

Melton Borough Council

Telephone: 01664 502 461

Email: atebbutt@melton.gov.uk