Decision details

The Cabinet will be asked to agree the transfer of the former Abbey Road Depot site to enable the site to be developed to provide primary school places.

Cabinet resolved:

(i)  To agree the appropriation of the Abbey Road Depot site, shown hatched red on Plan No. Abb181213 attached at Appendix A to the report, from the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) to Children’s Services in order to provide additional primary school pupil places and improve the existing provision at Gascoigne Primary School, subject to the land transfer agreement with the School Governing Body being on a 125 year lease at an initial peppercorn rent and subject to five year rent reviews; and

(ii)  To agree the appropriate funding adjustment between budgets of £520,000 in relation to the site transfer of Abbey Depot, as referred to in section 4 of the report.