Hampshire County Council Executive Member - Education Item 19 January 2006 Havant BESD School - replacement for The Sundridge School Report by the Director of Property, Business and Regulatory Services

How the conclusion in this report fits with the Corporate Strategy This scheme will impact on the delivery of all Corporate Aims, focusing most immediately on: Aim 1 - maximising life opportunities: the proposal to provide a new school for Children with Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulties will have an immediate benefit for the area. Aim 5 - improving services: all users of the proposed new facilities will benefit from these proposals.

Contact: Steve Clow Ext: 7858 e-mail: [email protected]

1	Summary
1.1	The site for the proposed new BESD (behavioural, emotional and social difficulties) School is a playing field formerly used by Park Community School at Woolston Road, Havant. The site has not been used by the school for over ten years and no organised recreation currently takes place.
1.2	It is proposed to provide a purpose-built BESD Secondary School to replace The Sundridge School in Waterlooville, at a total cost of £4,782,000, excluding fees, on part of the site. A housing development is proposed to the north and east of the proposed school and the remainder is retained as open space.
1.3	The Director of Property, Business and Regulatory Services has progressed the design of the proposed accommodation and the purpose of this report is to outline the design proposals and seek approval to the attached design project appraisal.

2	Scope of the Works
2.1	It is proposed to create a new roundabout on Woolston Road to the north of the site and an access road which will serve the school and the housing development.
2.2	It is proposed to provide a purpose-built school that has been designed to create a non-institutional but secure environment. The accommodation is grouped around a central courtyard. The main circulation spaces are external and arranged around the courtyard perimeter under cover of the plain tiled roof. The accommodation will consist of 10 classrooms with associated storage spaces, library, a headteacher's office, staff room, administration offices, inreach office, main hall, dining hall, kitchen, boiler room, wc/shower facilities (to include accessible), entrance hall and minibus garage. External courtyard areas will provide outdoor spaces for use by pupils along with a hard court and playing field.
2.3	The environmental strategy is based upon providing good levels of natural light, high insulation levels and natural ventilation.
2.4	It is proposed that some of the facilities will be available for use by the local community out of school hours. These include the hall, changing facilities, playing field and hard court area.
2.5	An existing coppice of trees will be developed as a habitat area. Planting will be low-maintenance, with low-level planting for security and trees with suitable foliage to retain visibility lines. The courtyard areas will have a mixture of planting and hard surfaces.
3	Funding and Timing
3.1	Funding for the proposed scheme is as follows (figures shown excluding fees): Targeted Capital Fund 3,056 Education Capital Programme 04/05 712 Receipt from Rachel Madocks land sale 671 Anticipated receipt from future land sales 471 *4,910 * This sum includes £129,000, excluding fees, for furniture and equipment (to be let as a separate contract).
3.2	Subject to the necessary approvals it is anticipated that work will commence on site during June 2006 and be completed during July 2007.
4	Procurement
4.1	It is proposed to undertake the project through a framework contractor, Balfour Beatty, who are currently engaged on the Enhance project.
5	Consultation with Local Member
5.1	Councillors Ann Buckley and Anne Edwards, the local Members for this area, have been consulted on this design project appraisal and their comments will be reported to the final meeting.
Conclusion
This scheme will provide a purpose-built school for secondary school children with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties, on a site which is currently not used. The facilities will also benefit the local community during out-of-school hours.
Recommendation
That, subject to approval to funding by the Executive Member for Policy and Resources, the Executive Member for Education advises the Executive Member for Policy and Resources that the design project appraisal for Havant BESD School, including the access road, at an estimated total cost of £4,782,000, excluding fees, be approved.

Section 100 D - Local Government Act 1972 - background papers

The following documents disclose facts or matters on which this report, or an important part of it, is based and has been relied upon to a material extent in the preparation of this report.

NB the list excludes:

1 Published works

2 Documents which disclose exempt or confidential information as defined in the Act.

Title Location

Architect's plans PMIS file

Building Profile Reports TMH

Hampshire County Council

Building Design Project Appraisal

Executive Member - Education

19 January 2006

Buildings, Land and Procurement Panel

24 January 2006

Executive Member - Policy and Resources

31 January 2006

Project:	Havant BESD School
	New BESD Secondary School
Commencement date:	June 2006
Completion date:	July 2007
Planned year of start in accordance with Capital Programme:		2006/07

Recommendation:

That the building design project appraisal for the Havant BESD School scheme

be approved.

1 Finance

Capital Expenditure	Current Estimate £'000	Capital Programme £'000
Buildings	4,782	712
Fees	765	114
Land to be purchased	_	_
Total	5,547	826

Financial Provision for Total Scheme	Buildings £'000	Fees £'000	Total cost £'000
1 From own Resources:
a) Targeted Capital Fund	3,056	489	3,545
b) Education Capital Programme 2004/05	712	114	826
c) Receipt from Rachel Madocks land sale	671	108	779
d) Anticipated receipt from future land sales	471	76	547
Total	*4,910	787	5,697

* The total sum includes £129,000, excluding fees, for furniture and equipment (to be let as a separate contract).

Building Cost - Net Cost = £1,649 per m² (excluding abnormal of £92 per m² for substructures)

- Gross Cost = £2,606 per m²

Devolved Capital allocations £'000

2004/05 18

2005/06 18

2006/07 22 (estimate)

2007/08 24 (estimate)

Total 82

Landlord funded work connected with this scheme

There are no landlord funded works associated with this scheme.

Value of land already acquired for this project

The land forming the site of the development could be disposed of in isolation. Local Plan policies support retention of this site as open space/playing field. It is anticipated that the Local Planning Authority will grant planning consent for housing on the adjoining part of the field, as an exception policy, to help fund the new school. If the school does not proceed, then the Local Plan policies are likely to prevail and therefore the value of the proposed school site would be limited.

Revenue implications

	(a) Employees £'000	(b) Other £'000	(a+b) *Net Current Expenditure £'000	(c) Capital Charges £'000	(a+b+c) Total Net Expenditure £'000
Revenue Implications Additional+ /Reductions	Awaited From Paul Cooper	-	-	291	-
Unit cost (£) (e.g. per place)	-	-	-	-	-
% variation to Committee's budget	-				-
Number of additional Staff (fte)	-				-

* The overall level of the revenue budget for funding schools will (from April 2006) be prescribed by central government, and capital projects have no bearing on the level of this budget. Therefore, this proposed project will have no bearing on the overall level of the Children's Services budget, extra costs and savings being met from the same overall schools' funding level.

Energy costs

The estimated annual energy consumption for the new accommodation will meet that required by current Building Regulations. It is anticipated that the fuel cost for the school will be in the order of £5,570 per year(£4.70 per m² of accommodation). The CO² consumption will be 52 tonnes per year.

2 Details of site and existing infrastructure

Location/adjoining land and buildings

The site for the proposed school is a disused playing field formerly used by Park Community School, at Woolston Road, Havant.

There is housing to the north, east and south of the site, with institutional use to the northeast and open space to the west. Part of the land within the overall site (to the north, south and east of the school proposal) is proposed to be sold for residential development.

Area including comparison with local/national standards

The total site area is 3.45 acres (1.4 hectares). The DfES do not currently produce guidelines for site areas in relation to Special Schools.

Access

The proposed new school will be accessed from Woolston Road via a new mini-roundabout and access road which will serve both the school and the proposed housing development.

Existing buildings and temporary buildings

This is an open site with no existing buildings. There are no temporary buildings on the site and none are required for this scheme. The school currently occupies temporary buildings at the Sundridge site and these will be removed upon completion of the project.

Results of trial boreholes

The site typically comprises of made ground over Head Deposits over Bognor Sand Member.

Mass concrete spread foundations will be at least 1m below ground level, bearing onto the Head Deposits. Existing and proposed trees may locally affect the depth of the foundations. The ground floor slab will be suspended.

Mains services position

The existing mains services are considered to be of sufficient capacity to be extended and adapted as required to serve the proposed building.

3 Scope of the Project

Type of project, layout and facilities provided

The new school will provide 49 places for children of secondary school age, with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties (BESD).

The following accommodation will be provided:

· 6 classrooms and associated storage spaces

· 4 specialist classrooms - food technology, art and design, design technology, science

· library

· headteacher's office

· deputy headteacher's office

· quiet room

· inreach office

· interview room

· staff room

· admin offices

· main hall

· dining hall

· kitchen

· boiler room

· wc's/showers

· changing rooms

· accessible wc/shower

· entrance hall

· minibus garage

Places provided

This scheme replaces the existing Sundridge Special School, and will not provide any additional places.

4 The Proposed Building

Type of construction, finish and appearance

The proposed building is single-storey with steeply pitched plain tile roofs surrounding a courtyard. External materials will be red plain tiled roofs and facing brick walls. The courtyard elevations will be painted render. Window and door frames will be colour-coated metal.

Accessible facilities

The building has been designed with level access throughout. An accessible wc suitable for ambulant disabled use is located adjacent to the main entrance. An accessible wc is located adjacent to the teaching areas and there is an accessible wc/shower in the changing rooms. Two accessible parking bays are located adjacent to the main entrance in the drop-off parking zone.

Heating and ventilation systems

Heating will be supplied by gas-fired condensing boilers to serve underfloor heating and tempered supply air ventilation systems.

The shower/changing rooms and kitchen will be mechanically ventilated with extract and tempered fresh-air make-up. Individual toilets will include mechanical extract with a heat-recovery system to transfer the heat from the warm extracted air to the fresh make-up air.

The environmental strategy is based upon providing good levels of natural light, high insulation levels and natural ventilation. The building has a large thermal mass and a natural nighttime cooling system which helps to maintain a comfortable internal environment throughout the year.

Fire risk assessment

Following a detailed Fire Safety Risk Assessment and consultation with Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service, a sprinkler system will be incorporated into the new building.

Health and safety

A designer's risk assessment and a design health and safety plan, in accordance with Regulation 15 of the Construction Design and Management Regulations 1994, have been undertaken for the proposed scheme

5 External Works

Car parking

It is proposed to provide a drop-off area for four vehicles at the front of the building. There will also be car parking for 16 cars to the southeast of the building and a garage for two minibuses adjoining the kitchen. Two accessible parking space will be provided within the drop-off zone.

Landscape proposals

A grass pitch for ball games, and a fenced hard court, are proposed to the grounds of the school. These will be used at break times, as well as for PE teaching and community use. Some benches will be provided externally to be used as `calming' spaces for pupils.

Internal to the building, a courtyard provides internal circulation as well as a safe environment for the pupils. It will be used as part of curriculum learning, and for life skills (role playing, etc), as well as calming-down spaces for pupils. Low-maintenance planting will soften the space, with a small number of trees to provide shade. Seating will be provided, and paving will be buff to create a light reflective space.

Situation on site and environmental impact

The design of the building creates a non-institutional but secure environment, the use of brickwork and traditional roof tiles provide a welcoming appearance.

6 Planning

Planning permission was granted during November 2005.

7 Building management

Existing arrangements will apply to cleaning, catering, local management and maintenance arrangements.

8 Furniture and equipment

A separate contract to the value of £129,000, excluding fees, will be let for this aspect of the scheme.

9 Professional resources

Architectural Services } Property, Business & Regulatory

Quantity Surveying } Property, Business & Regulatory

Electrical } Property, Business & Regulatory

Mechanical Engineering } White Young & Green

Structural Engineering } Price & Myers

10 Consultations

The following have been consulted during the development of the project: Headteacher and Governors of the school, Children's Services Department, Environment Department, Access Officer, local County Councillor.