Decision
RESOLVED:
To agree to the
Council withdrawing from the provision of a physical Visitor
Information Service from the North Norfolk Information Centre
building at The Meadow Car Park, Cromer (these proposals do not
involve the closure of the public toilets also provided from the
building) to deliver a financial saving of approx.
£93,000 for the 2025/26 budget.
To agree to: -
- Advertise the premises
occupied by the Visitor Information Centre service as available for
let with expressions of interest invited by Friday 28 March
2025.
- Officers considering
alternative means of providing visitor information within the town
and wider district – including strengthening an online
presence, a commercial arrangement with providers of electronic
information boards and poster sites / leaflet stands in prominent
locations
- The relocation of the
Deep History Coast display to another location in the town being
explored with a preference for this to be accommodated in Cromer
Museum recognising the partnership nature of the development of the
Deep History Coast initiative with the Norfolk Museums Service. If
this cannot be accommodated, then to consider alternative options
across wider museum locations.
Reason for the decision:
To make financial savings from
a service that is discretionary, considered to no longer to present
value for money due to the changing way in which visitors access
information and to generate additional income from the asset that
would be vacated due to the termination of the service.