Decisions

The authority have declared an Air Quality Management Area in Temple Could and Farrington Gurney for they have concentrations of Nitorgen Dioxide that breach the objective Standard of 40 micrograms per metre cubed. To commission a report to fully assess all available measures and identify those which are feasible and effective in delivering the required air quality improvements in the Air Quality Management Areas in Farrington Gurney and Temple Cloud. Detailed traffic and air quality modelling will be used to identify feasible measures, and form the basis of the study methodology.

To proceed with the commission of the Survey.

The Council retains the legal responsibility for pupil place planning and has a statutory duty to provide sufficient school places for every child who is resident and requires a place. 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 need.

Due to an increasing demand for secondary school places in the Greater Bath Consortium (GBC) Planning Area St Mark's Secondary School have agreed to take an additional 18 students into Year 7 from September 2021. This will increase their Planned Admission Number (PAN) from 102 to 120 pupils.

To support this increase in pupils St Mark's Secondary School will carry out a capital project to provide an enhanced 3G AstroTurf sports pitch. This facility will provide a flat surface sports pitch which will enable the School to provide the PE curriculum and allow a wider range of PE activities such as football and rugby.

Failure to provide sufficient places in the right areas will result in the Council failing in its statutory duty; parents and children being required to travel out of their locality to attend another school; increased transport (revenue) costs and schools being unable to take local children.

To fully approve capital amounting to £98,000 from the provisional capital programme item Basic Needs - School Improvement/Expansion. Funding to be allocated to St Mark's Secondary School to carry out a capital project and permanently increase their Planned Admission Number (PAN) from 102 to 120 from September 2021.

In accordance with the delegation of approvals set out in the Cabinet Decision E3122, the Director of Economy and Growth, in consultation with the Leader, Chief Executive and S151 officer approve the award of contract to Legal & General Holdings Ltd and duly authorise entry to a Development Agreement for the delivery of Bath Quays North. This forms the contract between the Authority and the Developer to deliver a new office led mixed use development including infrastructure development works funded through a grant agreement with WECA following completion of the procurement procedure.

To fully authorise sealing of a Contract between Legal & General Holdings Limited and Bath and North East Somerset Council to enable the developer to deliver a new office led mixed use development

In June 2019 the head teacher of St Nicholas School formally submitted a proposal to develop a resource base on their school site for children with SEND. This proposal utilised existing space within the school and did not incur any additional capital costs.
A copy of the school's proposal is attached to this decision.
To develop this provision, the school and the LA must follow statutory DFE guidance on Making Prescribed Changes to Maintained Schools. In line with this guidance, the school has carried out a full and consultation with parents/carers, the local community, and with other schools. The overall response to this proposal has been positive and welcomed.
The LA has, therefore accepted the school's proposal without modification. The proposal creates additional provision for a growing area of need in our local education community.

This decision formally approves the school's proposal to open a SEND Resource base for ten pupils on their school's site in September 2019.
This decision is also supported by the Lead Member for children's services, Cllr Kevin Guy