Multi-million pound works to refurbish the headquarters of a West Yorkshire council are set to begin next month, a report reveals.

The head office of West Yorkshire Combined Authority, which oversees transport and infrastructure projects in the region is set to undergo a renovation costing just under £7.5 million.

It follows a report earlier this Summer, which blasted the authority’s home in Wellington Street as having poor quality offices and being environmentally unfriendly.

The plans would also see staff based elsewhere be relocated to the site.

A report, set to go before next month’s WYCA investment committee states: “As part of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and the Local Enterprise Partnership Transformation Programme changes to head office accommodation are required which will bring the organisation together and create fit for purpose facilities for staff, members, visitors and partners.

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“The accommodation project will deal with a clearly identified gap in terms of office quality and facilities, as well as a consolidation of office buildings.”

It added that the authority’s managing director approved funding of £7.488 million for the work on August 12, and that work is set to take place on the Wellington Street premises on October 7.

It stated: “The accommodation project aims to bring the organisation together and create fit for purpose facilities for staff, members, visitors and partners.

“In line with the approach adopted by partner councils in recent years, the accommodation project will deal with a clearly identified gap in terms of office quality and facilities, as well as a consolidation of office buildings.”

The decision follows a damning report released earlier in the summer by WYCA, which complained of “poor quality” meeting rooms, “sub-standard” offices and “inefficient” energy usage in its current offices.

The report, released in June, claimed it planned to consolidate its offices on other sites into the Wellington Street site, which would save money on rents.

There were also “Building condition issues which have been identified through a condition survey undertaken in September 2016” as well as “Inefficiency in terms of energy usage and a shortfall in ‘green’ credentials”.