Agenda and minutes
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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF SUBSTITUTE MEMBERS (if any) - receive.
Minutes: Apologies for absence were received and noted. The Chairman announced Councillors Phil Martin and Frederick Thompson as substitutes for Councillors John Glanville and Joshua Chapman respectively.
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DECLARATION OF INTERESTS Members are invited to declare any interests in any of the items on the agenda at this point of the meeting. Members may still declare an interest in an item at any time prior to the consideration of the matter.
Minutes: None declared.
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CHAIRMAN'S ANNOUNCEMENTS The Chairman will announce details of the arrangements in case of fire or other events that might require the meeting room or building’s evacuation.
Minutes: The Chairman announced details of the arrangements in case of fire or other events that might require the meeting room or building’s evacuation.
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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRIMARY EXPANSION PROPOSALS - CALL IN OF EXECUTIVE DECISION Report attached. Additional documents:
Minutes: 4. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRIMARY EXPANSION PROPOSALS – CALL IN OF EXECUTIVE DECISION
In accordance with paragraph 17 of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee rules, two Members, representing more than one Group, had signed a requisition calling in the decision of the former Cabinet Member for Children and the former Cabinet Member for Value. On this occasion, Councillors Keith Darvill and David Durant had called in the decision of the Cabinet Members dated 15 May 2014 relating to the Implementation of Primary School Expansion Proposals. The decision of the Cabinet Members was:
At a meeting on 20 November 2013, the Cabinet decided to initiate statutory processes to permanently expand the capacity of primary schools from September 2014. Following the statutory consultation process undertaken in February/March 2014, the Head of Learning and Achievement signed the Non-Key Executive Decision on 24 March 2014 to proceed to the representation stage.
The representation stage, from 28 March to 25 April 2014, complied with statutory requirements by inviting representations from all interested parties on the proposals to permanently expand nine primary phase schools. A Statutory Notice, that included details of the expansion proposals for all nine schools, was published in the Romford Recorder on 28 March 2014; notices were also fixed to the entrance gates of each school and circulated to all interested parties, including all schools in Havering, neighbouring boroughs, the Diocese of Chelmsford and Diocese of Brentwood and the Department for Education, as required by legislation. A Notice was also published on the Council’s website with a link to further information about the proposals.
During the representation period, a total of 67 objection responses were received relating to two of the nine schools. 66 of these were received for Parsonage Farm Primary School which included two petitions totalling 235 signatures from residents in the local area and 190 signatures from parents/carers. The objection comments raised specific concerns relating to:
Road and Traffic Congestion Parking Pedestrian Issues Loss of playground space and overcrowding of existing ancillary facilities Potential rise in noise levels during school times
The Governing Body fully support the proposal to permanently expand Parsonage Farm School.
1 objection response was received for Hacton Primary School which highlighted the following issues:
Potential increase in traffic in the area surrounding the school Short sightedness of the Local Authority’s decision when schools were closed in the borough due to falling numbers Allowing establishment of free schools as opposed to expanding existing ones
The Governing Body of the school fully support the proposal to permanently expand Hacton Primary School.
Seven schools namely; Broadford, Benhurst, Newton’s, Scott’s, RJ Mitchell, The Mawney and Sutton’s received no representations.
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