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Costs as quoted above:-

Opt 1: Maintenance – £5.4m

Opt 2: Refurbishment - £17m to £23.1m

Opt 3: Demolition and rebuild (aka redevelopment) - £10.8m to £15.3m

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Q1: Has the demolition contractor therefore waived its £15m fee in the hope of sharing the builder’s 15% (£2m) profit; or the development profit; and as a favour in return for spurring the redevelopment sector irrespectively and carelessly for its own sake rather than for the sake of betterment in the built environment; and furthermore all for the desire of 1) an exponentially cheapened replacement (surface landscaping would probably be £10m; and 2) a criminal record for losing some of the home nations’ most significant cultural heritage?

I’d guess: yes it might want to for the job of a lifetime! Perhaps the demolition contractor ought to declare its costs/profit figure to help represent a non-collusive industry that can be trusted, i.e. when it is for the greater good of the built environment. A design review panel must also be consulted on a replacement building at the very least, yet this hasn't been done, and why not (?) After all, the council’s argument for a replacement, well..., has to be argued!]

Q2: Is there furthermore an EIA for this redevelopment plan, presumably a mandatory hurdle for demolition, or does environmental impact not really matter here too?