Nottingham City Council’s costly headquarters facing £320,000 repairs bill

Loxley House's ground floor entrance doors are amongst the outstanding repairs at the council's HQ
By George Palmer-Soady
Nottingham City Council’s headquarters building has a £320,000 repairs bill – including vandalised windows and problems with the roof.
Loxley House, on Station Street, was bought by the Labour-run authority from finance company Capital One in 2009 for £22.5 million.
The building, which opened in 2001, is also occupied by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the council’s housing company, Nottingham City Homes.
A Freedom of Information request has revealed outstanding repairs are needed for the building’s ground-floor windows and entrance doors – the authority says this is due to disrepair caused by damage or vandalism. Roofing also needs general maintenance.
Structural maintenance repairs – regular work that ensures the safety of the building itself – are also needed for slabs on the building’s ground floor.
The authority says this work is necessary as the building’s “base build elements” “reach the end of their intended lifespan”.
The council says while the works have not been fully costed, a provisional sum of £320,000 is expected to be needed to undertake all the necessary repairs.
This figure covers the immediate known repairs as of December 2024 – and may change as the authority conducts further assessments.
Last month, Loxley House’s future was brought into question, as councillors suggested the entire building could be sold as part of the authority’s plans to cut down its ‘flabbergasting’ utility costs.

Floors three and four of the office building have already been put up for rent as part of plans to save £200,000 each year, after the council declared itself effectively bankrupt in November 2023.
The letting of part of the fourth floor was approved by the council’s leader, Neghat Khan, last August. The authority’s FOI response say’s there is now an interested tenant and their contractors are currently working on this part of the building to make it suitable for them to move in.
From January to April 2025, the occupiers, who are note named in the FOI response, are expected to move into part of the fourth floor in phases as construction progresses.
The remaining parts of the fourth floor and the entirety of the third floor are still vacant and on the market, the authority says.
Nottingham City Council has been approached for comment.
Last month it was revealed Loxley House had contributed to a council overspend of £522,000 in utilities due to increased costs from energy usage, prompting finance bosses at the authority to review its future.
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