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Former Dudley Hippodrome expenditure costs Council over £70K
03 FEBRUARY 2023
The maintenance and security expenditure on the former Dudley Hippodrome by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council has been branded "woefully inadequate" by Dudley Hippodrome Development Trust.
In response to a request, under the Freedom of Information Act, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council disclosed that between 01/04/2015 to 31/03/2021, the former Hippodrome theatre has cost them £49,083.72 in maintenance costs, and £21,332.31 in security costs.
In response to
this information, Dudley Hippodrome Development Trust said
“We cannot say
with any certainty that whether
or not ‘maintenance’ has been carried out inside the building as no access
to the interior of the building has been granted since 2016 when the then
campaign group was forced to return the keys.
“Exterior
maintenance has not been evident, other than shoring up of windows and doors
which had been used by vandals to enter the building.
“This was allowed
to happen due to the complete lack of security on site for nearly a decade.
“It is only in
response to numerous complaints and appeals by Dudley Hippodrome campaign
groups that any security has been put into place on the site. This has only
happened over the past two years and even then, was scant and inconsistent.
“It is in our
opinion that a large proportion of the ‘maintenance’ costs was actually putting up metal fencing around the building.
“It is in our
opinion that both Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council’s maintenance and
security at Dudley Hippodrome have been woefully inadequate since its closure
back in 2008.”
The Dudley
Hippodrome, built in 1938, hosted acts including comics Laurel and Hardy in the
1950’s, but has since been on the Theatres Trust list of ‘Theatres at Risk’ for
the past 10 years.
Labour Councillor Keiran
Casey, of Castle and Priory Ward, said “I completely understand how local residents would feel about the money
that has been spent on the maintenance and security of the Hippodrome, and I
think this has dragged on for far too long.
“There were a number of discussions back in 2015/2016 with residents who
formed a group that were looking to re-open the Hippodrome and then the
subsequent time taken to pull together a potential business plan for funding,
which was ultimately unsuccessful.
“More recently, new plans for a university campus were approved, so I
want to see this development sorted out as quickly as possible, meaning that
these costs can be stopped and the site re-developed, with the planned use
being for a new higher-education facility focused on health studies”.
As part of
regeneration work to deprived areas in Dudley and across the West Midlands,
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council in partnership with The University of
Worcester, intend to demolish the Hippodrome for a new £25 million University
campus.
Image from Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council.