Community management is the preferred option for the future of the venue, closed since July 2022.
In an item on Kirklees Council’s cabinet meeting agenda for 10 December, five options are put forward by officers for next steps regarding the hall.
Cleckheaton Town Hall, built in 1892, was closed following a piece of plaster falling from the ceiling, with subsequent surveys suggesting further plaster failure was a possibility.
The building costs £205,000 a year to run even in normal times, and in its mothballed state that figure is £131,000.
The first is to keep the building mothballed. The second is for reopening with limited repair works to satisfy health & safety requirements (costing an initial £1.5m), the third is for Kirklees to bankroll a full refurbishment, estimated at £7.1m.
Option four is for permanent closure and attempted disposal of the…
