Decision details

Under section 14 of the Education Act 1996 Local Authorities have a statutory duty to ensure that there are sufficient schools for primary and secondary education in their areas. In order to achieve this the Council's priority is to ensure there is sufficient provision of school places in the right areas to meet needs. These places can be delivered within community, academy, free school and voluntary aided schools.
S106 contributions are received by the Council from Developers for housing development in an area. The S106 contribution that is the subject of this Officer Delegated Decision was received by the Council specifically for education places at Ralph Allen School.
Allocating the S106 contribution amounting to £81,084.18 received by the Council to Ralph Allen School will enable the school to replace and expand their dining facilities to accommodate increasing pupil numbers.

To fully approve capital amounting to £81,084.18 received by the Council in S106 Developer Contributions to be spent at Ralph Allen School. The School will carry out a capital project to replace and expand school dining facilities.

None. The S106 contribution has been received specifically for Ralph Allen School for educational places and can only be spent at the school on a capital project to enhance and expand accommodation and facilities.
The inability to allocate S106 funding received for local housing development to a suitable project could result in the contribution being returned to the developer.