Council budget for historic Northampton building set to be exceeded by thousands of pounds

By The Newsroom
Published 10th Dec 2016, 06:00 BST
Updated 14th Dec 2016, 13:50 BST
Craig Murphy from Underwood and Weston working on the restorationCraig Murphy from Underwood and Weston working on the restoration
Craig Murphy from Underwood and Weston working on the restoration
Completion of a historic grade II listed building in Northampton is set to be complete early next year and will take the Borough Council thousands of pounds over budget, cabinet report papers reveal.

The Delapre Abbey restoration project will open it’s doors to the public for the first time in it’s 900 hundred year history but has since taken a delay to enable the “urgent” purchase of a service counter for the cafe.

The meeting which took place on Wednesday, December 7 highlighted that the restoration delay, which notes an increase to the capital budget, was given the green-light by the chief executive and is set to cost the borough council an additional £65,000.

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