Council offices in High Wycombe are to go on the market.
Buckinghamshire Council cabinet agreed to sell its 1.1-hectare Queen Victoria Road site, the former home of Wycombe District Council, at its September 9 meeting.
The space is now surplus to the unitary authority’s requirements after it opened new offices in Denmark Street in July 2024.
The proposed disposal is intended to generate a capital receipt and unlock significant development potential in the heart of the town.
Cllr Robert Carington, cabinet member for resources, said: “We’re on an exciting transformation journey in High Wycombe and this is another piece in the jigsaw that keeps the council’s ambitions for High Wycombe moving forward.
“Marketing the Queen Victoria Road site is a proactive step that supports our strategic vision for High Wycombe. This site offers a unique opportunity to deliver high-quality homes, business space and public realm in a prime location. It’s part of our commitment to regenerating the town, attracting investment and creating places where people want to live, work and visit.
“It also offers our residents the best value for money – it is better to repurpose and rejuvenate an underused site in such an important location than to keep it as an under-used building on a site that could be working harder and offering much more to the town.”
The site forms part of the council’s Eastern Quarter regeneration area and is expected to contribute to the strategic aims of the adopted High Wycombe Regeneration Strategy.
The council has already invested £3.1 million into the White Hart Street area and has a number of flagship projects costing a total of more than £15m.
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