Decision details

Education Capital Programme 2023/24

Decision Maker: Cabinet, County Council

Decision status: Recommendations approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

Approval of the addition of schemes and allocation of funding to the Education Capital Programme

Decision:

Recommended to Council that:

 

1)    £2.714 million be added to the capital programme to deliver the scheme at Oak Wood Secondary School;

 

Resolved that:

 

2)    Subject to Council's agreement to the required addition to the Capital Programme in respect of Oak Wood Secondary School, the Strategic Director for Resources is authorised to enter into a Deed of Surrender with the Department for Education (DfE) in relation to Unit 1, Bermuda Innovation Centre on terms and conditions considered acceptable to him;

3)    Subject to successful completion of the Deed of Surrender (referred to at Recommendation 2), the Council is authorised to lease Unit 1 and Unit 9 Bermuda Innovation Centre to Central England Academy Trust on terms and conditions considered acceptable to the Strategic Director for Resources;

4)    The addition to the Capital Programme of £0.072 million funded from developer contributions is approved to deliver the scheme at Bunting Pre School; and

5)    Subject to Council’s agreement to the required additions to the Capital Programme, the Strategic Director for People, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Finance and Property, is authorised to invite tenders and enter into the appropriate contracts or (where the scheme is school/provider led) to make the necessary funding arrangements for these schemes on terms and conditions considered acceptable to the Strategic Director for Resources.

Report author: Emma Basden-Smith

Publication date: 12/05/2023

Date of decision: 11/05/2023

Decided at meeting: 11/05/2023 - Cabinet

Accompanying Documents: