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Report of the Cabinet Member for Children’s Services seeking approval to proceed with a formal change of use application to the Department for Education, attached.

DECISION MADE: (Ref: CAB 12/13 9091)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Children’s Services, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  To delegate authority to the Director of Children’s Services and Learning to apply to the Department for Education for consent to dispose of the Oaklands site as no longer required for Educational purposes. Such an application would apply to all areas within the red line boundary, as marked on Appendix 1.

(ii)  To delegate authority to the Director of Children’s Services and Learning to notify the Department for Education of the disposal of the hard play and outdoor social areas at the Oaklands site, under a General Consent granted to the Council in accordance with Section 77 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. Such an application would apply to the following areas marked on Appendix 2:

·  Play Ground 1 – 2,281m²

·  Play Ground 2 – 2,870m²

·  Social Area – 2,647m²

(iii)  Subject to obtaining consent from the Department for Education, to approve the transfer of 33,680m² of land at the Oaklands site from the Children’s Services portfolio to the Resources portfolio, the land to be transferred is shown in Appendix 3.