You will be aware that during May there was a planning committee meeting to consider the outline application for the Assembly Rooms site. The City Council have revised the original planning approval conditions to demolish the Assembly Rooms so that the approval of the outline application could trigger their demolition. Once the building is demolished the City Council propose to build a hotel, office block and community facilities paid for by £60 million of public money and £40 million of private finance over a long period of time potentially leaving a hole in the ground between building contracts.