“That may be why we don't have a whole host of consultants' bills in front of us at the moment. In response, Cllr Ovenden said: “The aborted costs on that were something we were very, very keen to avoid when looking at this project. “So it is entirely possible that we could end up spending £2m paying for consultants to advise us on what to do with this site, what to do with the KWG site, and that kind of sum would easily consume any possible savings.” The former Mecca Bingo hall in Ashford’s Lower High Street “For example, in the redevelopment of Vicarage Lane and the old Mecca bingo hall, we’ve spent £2m on consultants in trying to come up with a solution to that site and out of that we have achieved precisely the square root of nothing. He said: “One of the things that worries me about all of this is the design and thinking about how this site is going to be integrated with KWG and how the bill for consultants to advise on that could just run completely out of control and will consume any savings that are proposed by this move. ABC leader Noel Ovenden (Ash Ind) says the current Civic Centre will not be mothballedīut former ABC leader Cllr Paul Bartlett (Con) raised financial concerns over how the redevelopment of the Civic Centre could be integrated with the former Kent Wool Growers (KWG) site, which ABC bought earlier this year. The authority has owned International House since 2014 and says there is “strong financial rationale” for the move as the Civic Centre requires maintenance works. KentOnline revealed in September how ABC was looking at converting its current HQ, but no timescales have been released. In response, Cllr Ovenden said “there is no intention of mothballing” the Civic Centre, and “we are absolutely pretty sure that we can deliver social housing in this building”. “We would never count in this position where we have to make a decision between protecting a building and cutting services and staff and that is the reason why we will be supporting the move.” “We cannot, as a responsible authority, sit here and let it mothball because it would depreciate in value. ABC’s current Civic Centre in Tannery Lane could become social housing

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