Issue - items at meetings - Consultation on Permanent Expansion of West Hove Junior School

Report of the Executive Director, Children’s Services (to follow).

This report will be circulated as a late agenda item as the consultation period does not expire until 10 July 2013.

   RESOLVED – (1) That the Committee notes the responses received regarding the proposal that West Hove Junior School expand to include the additional junior age school provision to be provided on the former police station site in Holland Road, Hove as set out in Paragraph 1.1 of the report ;

            (2) Agrees to the publication of the required Statutory Notices to progress this proposal; and

            (3) That following the statutory notice period the matter is referred back to the meeting of the Children and Young People Committee on 14 October 2013 for final decision

Note: The special circumstances for non-compliance with Council Procedure Rule 3, Access to Information Procedure Rule 5 and Section 100B(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 (items not considered unless the agenda is open to inspection at least five days in advance of the meeting) are that the consultation period did not end until 10 July 2013.

18.1    The Committee considered a report of the Executive Director, Children’s Services in respect of the proposal that West Hove Junior School expand to include the additional junior age school provision to be provided at the former police station site in Holland Road, Hove.

18.2    The Post 16 Development Manager, Mr Nix explained that the purpose of the report was to report on the outcome of consultation on this proposal and to seek approval to proceed to the next stage of the statutory process, the publication of Statutory Notices. It was noted that only one response had been received objecting to the proposal indicating that their preference would have been for a self-managed free school. Following the statutory notice period the matter would be referred back to the next scheduled meeting of the Committee for final decision.

18.3    The Chair Councillor Shanks stated that the proposals were welcome given the that the current and projected pupil numbers for the city as a whole showed that there was an immediate and ongoing need for additional places in the city as a whole. As it  had been identified that need was most acute in the west of the city these proposals would help  to address that problem.

18.4    RESOLVED – (1) That the Committee notes the responses received regarding the proposal that West Hove Junior School expand to include the additional junior age school provision to be provided on the former police station site in Holland Road, Hove as set out in Paragraph 1.1 of the report ;

            (2) Agrees to the publication of the required Statutory Notices to progress this proposal; and

            (3) That following the statutory notice period the matter is referred back to the meeting of the Children and Young People Committee on 14 October 2013 for final decision