Issue - meetings

Cabinet received a report on the outcome of a consultation on a proposal to close Bleasdale Church of England, following a request from the governing board and in partnership with the Diocese of Blackburn. It was noted that, under the statutory process, the authority was now required to consider the responses to the stage 1 consultation and decide whether to publish a Statutory Notice on the proposal.  

Resolved: That

  i.  the consultation arrangements that were undertaken and the responses that were received in respect of the authority's proposal be noted.

  ii.  the authority publishes a Statutory Notice of its proposal to close Bleasdale Church of England Primary School, with implementation commencing from 31 August 2019.