A meeting was held on Wednesday between the City Council and the agent for the County Council about the external appearance of the Library lift extension. The application is a white self-coloured render that does not fit well with the palette of the library, which is a mix of honey/near honey and ‘dirtied honey’ and greyish tones.

Two possible options were identified: to re-render or to paint over. The agent is finding out technical details about whether another covering of paint would ‘stick’.

Five sample panels of render will be delivered to the site on hardboard so can be moved around the extension and a further meeting will be arranged next week.

The colour of the angles to seal the gap around the lift will be coloured to match that of the lift.

We are assured that the work will be completed as quickly as possible, once the decision on render vs paint has been made, and we will be pushing hard for a minimum of delay.