Decision details

The Head of 21^st Century Schools advise Members of the outcome of the recent consultation in respect of proposals to establish new primary education provision to serve the new housing development at Llanilid, Llanharan, following the decision taken by Cabinet on the 20^th September, 2018.   Members were referred to Appendix B of the report which outlined the consultation responses, although Members were advised that there had been a limited response to the consultation process with only 6 responses received. The Head of 21^st Century Schools informed Members that Estyn had not raised any objections to the proposal.

The Cabinet Member for Education & Lifelong Learning commented on the disappointing number of responses received and added that with respect to the concern raised surrounding access and parking officers from Education would work with the developers to alleviate any of these concerns going forward.

The Cabinet Member for Adult Community Services & Welsh Language welcomed the proposals and the early discussions with the developers in respect of access and parking to the school, which he commented was already a problem within the area.

Following discussions it was RESOLVED:

1.    To note the information contained within the Consultation Report (as attached to the report), which includes details of correspondence received during the consultation exercise, and notes of the various meetings held.

2.    That following consideration of the consultation responses outlined above to progress the proposals to the next stage of the consultation process by firstly agreeing to publish the Consultation Report, and secondly issuing an appropriate Statutory Notice two weeks after the Consultation Report is published.