Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Member for Educational Attainment and School Improvement outlined proposals for the demolition of low, medium and high rise blocks on the Gascoigne Estate to make way for the development of the proposed Greatfields School, via a two-stage restricted process procurement route.

Cabinet Members welcomed the development of the new school for the benefit of those living on the Estate and the Borough as a whole.

The Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Agree that the Council proceeds with the procurement of a contract for demolition works to enable the construction of the proposed Greatfields School, in accordance with the strategy set out in the report; and

(ii)  Delegate authority to the Strategic Director of Service Development and Integration, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Educational Attainment and School Improvement, the Strategic Director of Finance and Investment and the Director of Law and Governance, to conduct the procurement and enter into the contract and all other necessary or ancillary agreements with the successful bidder(s) and/or other related parties, in accordance with the strategy set out in the report.