Decision details

At its meeting on 19 January 2017 the Cabinet agreed the publication of an appropriate statutory notice to:

·         Increase the capacity of Radyr Primary School to allow the school to admit up to 60 pupils from September 2017.

This report is to advise the Cabinet of any objections received, the Council’s response to these objections and recommendations for implementation or otherwise of the proposal.

This decision has been certified by the Monitoring Officer as urgent because any delay likely to be caused by the call-in process could seriously prejudice the Council and is in the public interest under section 13 of the Scrutiny Procedure Rules as urgent and the call-in procedure does not apply to it. The Chair of the Children & Young People’s Scrutiny Committee has been consulted on this matter and has agreed that this report should be certified as urgent.

RESOLVED: that 

1.            the proposals as set out in paragraph 1 of the report be approved without modification

2.            officers be authorised to take the appropriate actions to implement the proposals as set out in paragraph 1.

3.            officers be authorised to publish a summary of the statutory objections and the Authority’s response to those objections (referred to as the “Objection Report”) within 7 days of the determination of the proposal;

4.            officers be authorised to publish the decision within 7 days of determination of the proposal.

5.            the approval of any necessary contracts be delegated to the Director of Education and Lifelong Learning in consultation with the Corporate Director Resources & Section 151 Officer, Director of Legal Services and the Cabinet Members for Corporate Services & Performance and Education, Employment & Skills.

Public consultation ran from 10 October to 21 November 2016 and included consultation with Members, the local community, staff and Governors of the school affected, other local schools, pupils and other stakeholders.