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Demolition of Filwood Cinema

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Decision Maker: Executive Director: Growth and Regeneration

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

Demolition of the cinema has been discussed and approved previously – see references below.
Ref: Housing Delivery Board Briefing 22 January 2018 -Proposed Demolition of Filwood Broadway
2-20 Filwood Broadway is allocated for development and identified as a priority site for Housing Delivery.
Officer Executive Decision Form – Proposed Demolition of Filwood Broadway Cinema and clearance of scrubland to rear of building – decision 30th January 2018,
Meeting of Cabinet 18th January 2022 – Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Budget and Business Plan. (Item 11) – to implement the HRA 2022/23 HRA Development Programme in Appendix 3. Sites approved to planning construction anticipated over the next 5 years – Filwood Cinema 30 social rent units.
The building has been partly demolished internally and stripped out and this is the works to finalise the demolition process and ‘make safe’ the party wall to the adjoining rank

Decision:

Appointment of Wring Group Ltd, demolition contractor, to complete the demolition of Filwood Cinema following a re-tender process. The demolition works will include structural support steels and an external insulated render (waterproof system) to the party wall.
The reason for the replacement contractor is due to party wall issues which delayed the demolition. The previous appointed contractor withdrew from the project.

Alternative options considered:

Option 1 - It was discussed between the team, responsible for the building, if the demolition work could be included as part of the new development works.
This was rejected as:
•Filwood Cinema has continued to deteriorate. The interior has had asbestos removal work (2019) and this has added to the general dilapidation. Water ingress is a major issue. The roof structure and timber balcony are unsafe, and the building continues to be a magnet for anti -social behaviour as it has been broken into several times.
•The water ingress is affecting the party wall and causing significant damp to the adjacent flats, making them uninhabitable. The office on the ground floor is also affected.
Option 2 -
Option 3 -

Publication date: 01/09/2022

Date of decision: 21/08/2022