LETTER: Good value for tax payers?

A Freedom of Information Act (FoI) request has revealed that Horsham District Council has made a net profit of £5million from the sale of its building Park North, where its Grand Council Chamber once stood in a purpose built building.
By The Newsroom
Published 27th Feb 2016, 07:16 GMT
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Yet our Dear Leader Councillor Dawe has now chosen to rent space from West Sussex County Council in Parkside at an annual cost of £372,500 per annum.

What was the rush to sell Horsham District Council’s offices? More to the point, why sell at all?

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Was selling its building for a profit of £5million good value for council tax paers set against an annual rent of £372,500 for each and every year going forward?

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ANDREW MITCHELL

North Parade, Horsham

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