Review of council accommodation in Kingswood and Yate

The council is conducting a review of its office accommodation with a view to rationalising our estate to make savings. Several potential options have been identified for the Kingswood Civic Centre and Badminton Road offices in Yate and for developing alternative locations in Kingswood that would enable residents to access the One Stop Shop, library and other council services. Further information is provided in the consultation document.

At this stage the Council’s preferred option is to consolidate and rationalise office accommodation at Badminton Road, including an extension for a flexible council chamber and extending and remodelling the existing Kingswood library to form a community hub with one stop shop and potential access to partner services and the disposal of Kingswood Civic Centre.

We welcome comments on the options outlined in our consultation paper for both Kingswood and Yate and to understand better what the impact of any changes could be on service users, the provision of services and access to democracy.
Further information is available on our consultation webpage: www.southglos.gov.uk/consultation or from your local South Gloucestershire library and One Stop Shop.
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How strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
  Strongly agree   Tend to agree   Neither agree or disagree   Tend to disagree   Strongly disagree   Don't know  
  The council should provide local community hubs, which brings together a range of council services and potential access to partner services into a single fully accessible location            
  It is important that front line services are retained in Kingswood            
  The council should make the best use of its land and buildings            
  It is important that the council has a dedicated council chamber in which to hold council meetings            
Q2 Have you visited Kingswood Civic Centre in the past 3 years?
Q3 How often do you visit Kingswood for the following services?
  Daily   Weekly   Fortnightly   Monthly   Less often   Never  
  Kingswood One Stop Shop            
  Police Neighbourhood Team enquiry desk            
  Visit a community group or forum            
  Attend a council meeting            
  Attend a training course            
  Attend a meeting with council staff            
  Kingswood Library            
  Kingswood Children's Hub            
 


Options for Kingswood

It is important to make clear that the council is committed to retaining front line service delivery in the Kingswood area. All options include a community hub, which will provide a broad range of services including one stop shop, library, Registrars and facilities for partner organisations including police. There may also be scope for some meeting space for community groups There are several options available and further details of these are contained in the consultation paper and on our website.

•  Option A - Extend the existing library and remodel it to provide a community hub and to dispose of
  the Kingswood Civic Centre. This is the council’s preferred option at this stage.
•  Option B - Create a community hub adjacent to High Street, potentially the council-owned Bank
  Road car park and to dispose of the Kingswood Civic Centre.
•  Option C - Extend the existing children’s hub (behind the Civic Centre) to create a community
  hub and to dispose of part of the Kingswood Civic Centre
•  Option D - Lease out part of Civic Centre, retain current civic and training facilities at Kingswood
  and relocate library in to Civic Centre to form a community hub.    
•  Option E -  Retain Civic Centre in its current form.
Q4 How strongly do you agree or disagree with each of the options outlined by the council for Kingswood?
  Strongly agree   Tend to agree   Neither agree or disagree   Tend to disagree   Strongly disagree   Don't know  
  Option A - Extend the existing library and remodel it to provide a community hub and to dispose of   the Kingswood Civic Centre.            
  Option B - Create a community hub adjacent to High Street, potentially the council-owned Bank Rd car park and to dispose of the Kingswood Civic Centre.            
  Option C - Extend the existing children’s hub (behind the Civic Centre) to create a community hub and to dispose of part of the Kingswood Civic Centre            
  Option D - Lease out part of Civic Centre, retain current civic and training facilities at Kingswood and relocate library in to Civic Centre to form a community hub            
  Option E -  Retain Civic Centre in its current form            
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Options for Yate

If more staff and facilities are moved across from Kingswood Civic Centre, then changes to the Badminton Road offices will be needed to accommodate them. There are several options available which all include accommodation for specific staff groups, reconfiguring an area of the building to create replacement meeting room facilities and options to extend the car park for public and staff use. Other than for the option to lease out Kingswood Civic Centre, all proposals involve remodelling the publicly accessible meeting room area to provide flexible meeting and training space.
Further details of these are contained in the consultation paper and on our website.

•  Option A - Build an extension to provide an optimum sized Council chamber, also for use as a large
  training venue. This is the council’s preferred option at this stage.
•  Option B - Build an extension to provide a sufficiently large room for the majority of committee
  meeting and training requirements and use external venues for full Council and large committee
  meetings and training events.
•  Option C - Build an extension to provide a sufficiently large room for the majority of committee
  meeting and training requirements and reconfigure the atrium in the middle of the building to use
  as a council chamber out of office hours.
Q7 How strongly do you agree or disagree with each of the options outlined by the council for the Badminton Road Offices in Yate?
  Strongly agree   Tend to agree   Neither agree or disagree   Tend to disagree   Strongly disagree   Don't know  
  Option A - Build an extension to provide an optimum sized Council chamber, also for use as a large training venue.            
  Option B - Build an extension to provide a sufficiently large room for the majority of committee meeting and training needs and use external venues for full Council and large committee meetings and training events.            
  Option C - Build an extension to provide a sufficiently large room for the majority of committee meeting and training needs and reconfigure the atrium in the middle of the building to use as a council chamber out of office hours.            
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