Issue - meetings

That the expansion and adaptation of Westfield Primary School, as detailed in the submitted report, be approved in principle, subject to the consideration and approval of the detailed financial information set out in agenda item 22.

Reasons for Decisions

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

[The decisions on this item can be called in by the Council Overview and Scrutiny Committee]

The Cabinet Member for Assets and Regeneration Programmes informed Members that the provision of a permanent one form of entry increase at Westfield Primary School to two forms of entry would help to meet the basic need requirements for primary places in the Woking area. He considered that the expansion of this school was a good example of Property Services and School Commissioning working together.

RESOLVED:

That the expansion and adaptation of Westfield Primary School, as detailed in the submitted report, be approved in principle, subject to the consideration and approval of the detailed financial information set out in agenda item 22.

Reasons for Decisions

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