A huge refurbishment of Bury Town Hall is planned with hundreds of council workers transferring from other nearby buildings to work there over the next few years. Bury’s Council’s cabinet today approved the strategy which would mean a phased project to create ‘higher quality office space in the Town Hall’ and ‘a single service hub for council services’.
As part of the plans the council will transfer the council’s lease obligation for nearby 3 Knowsley Place, where many council employees now work, to Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust. The lease costs the council pays currently for 3 Knowsley Place amount to £1.028m per year.
As part of the deal to transfer the lease to Pennine Care Bury Council would also pay a capital contribution of £1.450m to Pennine towards their fit-out costs. The council has also agreed with Pennine to provide 100 parking spaces for their staff at a rent of £20.4k a year. A report to cabinet gave the reasoning for the town hall improvement project.
