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Cranleigh CofE Primary- Relocation and Expansion

Meeting: 29/10/2019 - Cabinet (Item 175)

175 Relocation of Cranleigh Primary School to Provide Modern Facilities, and to Expand the School by 1 Form of Entry, 210 Places pdf icon PDF 82 KB

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Decision:

RESOLVED:

 

That, subject to the agreement of the detailed financial information for the rebuilding of the school as set out in the Part 2 annex, the business case for the rebuilding of the school be approved. 

 

Reason for Decision:

 

The proposal supports the Authority’s statutory obligation to provide sufficient school places to meet the needs of the population in the Cranleigh area.

 

[The decisions on this item can be called in by the Resources & Performance Select Committee]

 

Minutes:

The Cabinet Member for All-Age Learning introduced a report that sought approval of the business case for the rebuilding of Cranleigh C of E Primary School in the grounds of the adjacent Glebelands Secondary School, with the disposal of the two existing school sites to provide funding for the scheme.  The new building would include sufficient capacity to expand the school by one form of entry from 330 places (1FE infant, 2FE junior) to 540 places (2FE infant, 3FE junior) and 60 place nursery to include Free Educational Entitlement for Two-year olds (FEET) and would be delivered in 2021.  It was also intended that a 3G football pitch would be installed at Glebelands to mitigate any loss of playing fields.  She also pointed out that further to the writing of the report it was likely that the Planning Application would be considered at the December meeting of the Planning & Regulatory Committee.

 

A couple of Members spoke in support of the proposals and expressed the shock felt, when visiting the school, by the state of the building.  They also spoke of a sense of delivery as this had taken a long time to get to this point.

 

RESOLVED:

 

That, subject to the agreement of the detailed financial information for the rebuilding of the school as set out in the Part 2 annex, the business case for the rebuilding of the school be approved. 

 

Reason for Decision:

 

The proposal supports the Authority’s statutory obligation to provide sufficient school places to meet the needs of the population in the Cranleigh area.