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Cllr Philip Robinson asked Cabinet to approve changes to the Children & families Capital Programme.

Having considered all of the information, Cabinet noted the report and

RESOLVED to:

Approve the changes to the Children & Families Capital Programme as set out in the report:

1. An addition of £4.600 million for the High School Leckhampton funded by £3.520 million from unallocated basic need and £1.080 million s106 contribution.

2. An addition of £441k developer contributions and a transfer of £441k grant to unallocated Basic Need Grant.

3. An addition of £18k s106 contribution towards the Dursley C of E Primary capital project.

Cllr Philip Robinson asked Cabinet to approve changes to the Children & Families Capital Programme.

County Council had approved the Children & Families Capital Programme for 2022/23 on 16^th February 2022.  The additional / updated schemes represented the ongoing commitment to ensuring sufficient school places were available and improving facilities at schools across Gloucestershire, to enable all children and young people to benefit from high quality and accessible education provision.

The delivery and opening of the New High School Leckhampton represented a significant achievement in the Council’s enduring commitment to delivering high quality school places where they are needed. The school had been built and the final cost was £34.6m, including all additional works.

There had been some Section 106 Developer Contributions received from housing developments which would be used towards specific projects to enable schools to meet the associated demand for local places.  Schemes to provide school places had been temporarily used basic need funding. By replacing the basic need grant currently allocated to the schemes, the grant could be re-allocated to support other priority capital projects for Children & Young People in Gloucestershire. 

Members highlighted the importance of the Section 106 funding and the importance of ensuring that when developers brought forward new housing that a sensible settlement was in place to ensure the provision of education.

Having considered all of the information, Cabinet noted the report and

RESOLVED to:

Approve the changes to the Children & Families Capital Programme as set out in the report:

1. An addition of £4.600 million for the High School Leckhampton funded by £3.520 million from unallocated basic need and £1.080 million s106 contribution.

2. An addition of £441k developer contributions and a transfer of £441k grant to unallocated Basic Need Grant.

3. An addition of £18k s106 contribution towards the Dursley C of E Primary capital project.