Decision details

To award a contract for professional services in connection with the design of The Master’s House Landscaping scheme

Decision Maker: Director of Resources and Assurance

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

The Master’s House is surrounded by St Katherine’s car park. Clearly, this surface level car park does not form part of the original characteristic or setting of the prestigious Master’s House.

The aim of this project is to take the austere car park and turn it into The Masters House garden with ample parking. The objective is to utilise scope within St Katherine’s to enhance the civic architecture and townscape. To provide a much more attractive public environment and better use of civic buildings. To ensure a better performing physical estate in Ledbury and more effective use of public assets.

This project will deliver a destination public space for the local community and visitors, complementing recent investment by HC in the renovation of 16th Century Master’s House building.

There is a need to engage an external provider in order to progress the design and statutory approvals, and to provide professional support through the construction phase.

ONE having carried out the original outline design means that they have a design which only requires minor modification. With this pre-existing knowledge and experience of the site they are best placed to revise the design to HC’s new requirements and to provide detailed construction drawing more cost effectively that another organisation starting from scratch.

For this reason ONE are best value and available to start as soon as instructed.

Contact: Andrew Lovegrove, Director of Resources and Assurance Email: Andrew.Lovegrove@herefordshire.gov.uk.

Publication date: 13/10/2022

Date of decision: 10/10/2022

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