Decision Maker: Cabinet

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: Yes

Date of Decision: November 18, 2024

Purpose: To consider a report seeking approval for the expansion of Haybrook College.

Content: (a)  Agreed that a conditional capital grant of up to £3.2m (plus £0.3m that has already been committed/spent under officer delegation) be awarded to Haybrook College Trust to deliver the expansion project they have tendered and as shown in Appendix 1,   (b)  Approved the disposal of 3,700m2 of land as shown in Appendix 2 and being land adjacent to Haybrook College at nil value to the Haybrook College Trust via a standard academy lease (of the combined area consisting of the College site and expansion land),   (c)  Delegated authority to the Executive Director of Children’s Services in consultation with the Executive Director of Corporate Resources and Lead Member for Education and Children’s Services, to agree the final legal documentation to dispose of the land and the final budget for the Haybrook College expansion project subject to it being no higher than £3.75m in total.