Decision details

Reasons for the Decision – To consider the round two bid for National Lottery Heritage Funding for the Staffordshire History Centre project which, if successful, will create imaginative and exciting ways to connect Staffordshire people and their stories, and at the same time, will secure access to historic collections for the next fifty-five years.

Decision – (a) That the Round Two application to deliver the Staffordshire History Centre (which will provide additional storage, release the current QB Archive Outstore and support the Property Strategy) be submitted to the National Lottery Heritage Fund on 1 March 2021.

(b) That if the application referred to above is successful, the Deputy Chief Executive and Director for Families and Communities be authorised to accept the grant funding, terms and conditions, and, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Communities and Culture, deliver the project.

(c) That the planned capital investment and project delivery costs of £6.332m for the four-storey extension of the Staffordshire Record Office be approved (subject to confirmation of NLHF funding) and that this is added to the Council’s capital programme.

(d) That additional revenue provision of £0.196m be made from 2023/24 to meet the

additional costs of this property venture.