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Plans in for £50m Warwick District Council HQ

Source: http://www.constructionenquirer.com/

Warwick District Council is going ahead with plans to build a new council HQ, multi-storey car park and 44 apartments in Leamington Spa town centre.The council and its development partner Public Sector Plc, a specialist public sector property investment and facilitation company, have lodged detailed plans to develop the Covent Garden site scheme and also outline plans for the later redevelopment of the existing council office site in Milverton Hill with up to 170 homes.The new council HQ, which would be less than half the size of its current base, could save the council more than £300,000 a year in operating costs.Designed by architect Corstophine + Wright the complex will include apartments at its southern end rising to five storeys.