As Leader of the Council, I approve a variation to the existing school place planning in Thanet through an urgent application being made to the Secretary of State to terminate the Academy Presumption process published in November 2017.
On the basis of approval from the Secretary of State being forthcoming, I further agree, subject to normal KCC and statutory school consultations, to KCC reversing its decision (17/0088) to establish a new secondary school in Thanet and instead;