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Proposed Use of Part of the Cornwallis Avenue Site for School Provision

 

 

Meeting: 09/07/2019 - Cabinet (Item 9)

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Minutes:

Background:

 

This report requested the Cabinet to approve the grant of an agreement for a lease and a lease or leases of land at Cornwallis Avenue, Gillingham, to a third party for the purpose of developing education facilities to meet pressure on specialist school places.

 

The action proposed in the report superseded the decisions made by the Cabinet on 4 September 2019 (decision numbers 112-113/2018 refer), which approved the leasing of the site (as shown hatched black on the site plan set out at Appendix 1 to the report) to Medway Commercial Group (MCG) for the provision of educational and associated uses as this proposal was no longer being progressed. Therefore, officers were exploring alternative opportunities with the Department for Education to bring forward a suitable solution.

 

Members asked that an updated site plan be provided to clarify where the access would be to the part of the remaining sports field (the non-hatched area on Appendix 1).

 

Decision number:

Decision:

84/2019

The Cabinet agreed to revoke decisions 112/2018 and 113/2018 made on 4 September 2018 as set out in paragraph 2.7 of the report.

85/2019

The Cabinet agreed to grant delegated authority to the Chief Legal Officer, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Resources, to complete (i) an agreement for a lease and then (ii) a lease or leases and any other necessary agreements of part of the site at Cornwallis Avenue, as set out in the plan at Appendix 1 to the report, for the provision of educational and associateduses.

 

Reasons:

 

To ensure that sufficient land is available for additional education provision to meet expected demand from across all sectors of the place planning system, which will help to ensure that the Council meets its statutory duty to provide sufficient school places.