Issue - meetings

Please note that Appendix A to this report is in Part II and appears as item No. 21 on the Agenda.

Cabinet received a report outlining the current and projected position in the North Burnley planning area and recommends that additional places be made available at Briercliffe Primary School for 2020, initially through temporary expansion, in accordance with the county council's statutory duty to ensure that a primary or secondary school place is available for every child of statutory school age living in Lancashire who requests one.

Resolved: That:

  i.  a temporary increase, for one year only, in the Reception intake of Briercliffe Primary School in North Burnley, from 45 to 60 places for September 2020 be approved, to be accommodated within the existing building.

  ii.  a permanent increase in Reception intakes for subsequent years to 60 places, through the provision of additional permanent accommodation on the existing school site, be approved subject to obtaining relevant planning permission and Section 77(3) School Standards and Framework Act 1998 consent for the change of use of the land (or meeting the terms of The School Playing Fields General Disposal and Change of Use Consent (No 5) 2014).

  iii.  the expenditure set out in the report for the permanent expansion of the school be approved