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Report ED16016

An updated programme of capital schemes within the Council’s Basic Need Programme was presented for approval, Basic Need Capital Grant being received from the Department for Education to support the delivery of sufficient school places. The programme also included capital contributions from a range of other capital funding programmes including Seed Challenge, Access Initiative and Suitability, and Section 106 contributions.

Further feasibilities were undertaken at a number of schools during 2015 and 2016 as part delivering the primary school development plan. Following a review of the feasibility studies and growth projections in pupil numbers, further projects have been added to the education capital programme and the new schemes were highlighted in Report ED16016.

An analysis of changes to the estimated cost of schemes was also provided since the previous Basic Need Report to Executive in May 2015. The increase in overall programme value reflected a rise in the estimated final cost of schemes as well as additional project management costs related to the programme’s delivery.

RESOLVED that:

(1)  the updated Basic Need Programme as set out at Appendix 2 to Report ED16016 be agreed;

(2)  approval be given to the fully costed appraisal for the new schemes at Beacon Academy (Burwood site), Bishop Justus School, Castlecombe Primary School, Dorset Road Infants School, Mead Road Infants School, St John’s CE Primary School, and Tubbenden Primary School as set out at Appendix 1 to Report ED16016 and in addition to the projects outlined in the previous reports agreed by Executive on

2nd April 2014 and 20^th May 2015; and

(3)  the Director of Education be authorised to support schools to submit planning applications in association with these works.