Issue - meetings

There were four questions from residents.  These and the responses were published with supplementary papers to the agenda.

There were four questions from residents.  These and the responses were published with supplementary papers to the agenda. Supplementary questions were:

1)    Mrs Rainer asked why the sequential and exemption tests was not done at the outset of the proposal in 2011 and why they did not include the 60 nursery places?  The Cabinet Member for All-Age Learning responded that she would need to follow this up and respond in writing following the meeting.

2)    Mr Rainer was concerned about the financial viability of the project but the financial details were in the exempt report so was unable to form a question about this.  He asked how much had been spent so far on all the plans and studies to date and how much was the contingency allowed to mitigate potential identified risks?  The Cabinet Member for All-Age Learning responded that she was unable to disclose financial details.  She assured that financial viability had been assessed and believed this was the only way to deliver the project.  She would take advice on what further information, if any, could be provided to Mr Rainer following the meeting.