EDDC has said that relocating its HQ from Knowle to Skypark will involve a total cost of less than £4 million. Remember that any income from the sake of Knowle and Manstone Depot should not be offset against the total cost as the income from that asset sale should benefit the whole of the EDDC community, not just a few councillors and officers who will site themselves nearer to Exeter than any other town in East Devon except Cranbrook..

Here are some recent costs for new council HQ some of which sold off their old HQ:

£11 million:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-26674095

£7 million:
http://www.warwickdc.gov.uk/news/article/17/warwick_district_council_is_on_the_move

£10.5 million
http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/9956172.New___10_5m_Wyre_Forest_District_Council_HQ_to_open_its_doors/

£9 million:
http://www.google.com/search?q=cost%20of%20building%20district%20council%20hq%20uk#q=cost+of+building+district+council+hq+uk&start=40

£9.7 million:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-23288032