Work is ongoing to build a new medical centre at the front of the Festival Hall, however the project has fallen behind schedule.
The intention was for work to start towards the end of last year, to create a new entrance to the Festival Hall so that the Hall can continue to operate during construction of the medical centre.
Cllr Mike Williamson informed fellow councillors at this week's meeting that "the project has slipped and there will be no work starting until after the Music Festival in May."
He added "The intention is for it to be an 8 to 9 month contract so the work will be finished and occupancy will be taken prior to the following May Festival with the caveat that if there is any building problems or very bad weather the building project might get delayed but we'll have to manage that.
"We'll know better as we progress the year. We'll keep working at it but at the moment it is bogged down with the PCT.
"It's all working progress but it is beginning to come to the point where it is all suddenly going to become real."
Dr Edwin Thompson told me "We are working on the legal and technical aspects of the project at present. We don't have a definite date for commencement of the building works, but expect it to be immediately following the music festival."
Plans to build a new medical practice at the front of the Festival Hall were approved in August 2012.
The three storey extension will provide modern medical facilities with nineteen consultation/treatment rooms for use by the Alderley Edge Medical Practice and additional medical specialisms, such as a physio and a skin lesion clinic. The proposal also includes a ground floor pharmacy, offices, a patient lift and minor surgery rooms.
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