Decision details

Approval to acquire the site of the Former Royal School for Deaf Children in Thanet, or another appropriate site in the locality, to assist in meeting the new secondary school provision in Thanet identified in the Commissioning Plan for Education Provision in Kent 2017- 21.

NB: This decision will be taken in two parts.  The agreement to acquire the site by the Cabinet Member for Corporate and Democratic Services and the agreement to create a new school on the acquired site by the Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Education.

As Cabinet Member for Corporate and Democratic Services, I agree to the acquisition of the Royal School for Deaf Children, Victoria Road, Margate, CT9 1NA  on the terms set out in the accompanying exempt recommendation report and to delegate authority to the Director of Infrastructure, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Corporate and Democratic Services, to finalise the terms of the proposed acquisition and the sale of any surplus property