Issue - meetings

To receive a report by the Cabinet Member for Education and Health Reform and the Corporate Director of Education and Young People’s Services setting out the results of the public consultation on the proposal to commission a .2FE enlargement of Hoath Primary School and asking the Cabinet Committee to consider and endorse the proposed decision in the report.

1.            The Cabinet Committee considered a report on the results of the public consultation on the proposal to commission a 2FE enlargement of Hoath Primary School, Canterbury.

2.            RESOLVED that:-

(a)   the Education and Young People’s Services Cabinet Committee endorsed the decision to be taken by the Cabinet Member for Education and Health Reform to:

(i)     Issue a public notice to expand Hoath Primary School from 63 to 105 places, increasing the published admission number to 15.

And, subject to no objections being received to the public notice

(ii)    Expand the school.

(iii)  Allocate £950,000 from Education & Young People’s Services Capital Budget.

(iv)  Authorise the Director of Infrastructure in consultation with the Director of ; Governance and Law, to enter into any necessary contracts/ agreements on behalf of the County Council; and

(v)    Authorise the Director of Infrastructure to be the nominated Authority Representative within the relevant agreements and to enter into variations as envisaged under the contracts.

This decision is conditional upon planning permission being granted

(vi)  Should objections, not already considered by the Cabinet member when taking this decision, be received during the notice period a separate decision will be required in order to continue the proposal and allow for proper consideration of the points raised.