Contact: Bob Eardley, Strategic Planning Manager, Children's Services Department. Telephone 01962 846275; email: [email protected]

1 Summary

1.1 The following decisions are sought:

a) That the following variations to the 2006/07 capital programme be approved:

(i) an allocation of £0.069m from the provision for 14-19 initiative projects towards the cost of catering provision at Brune Park Community College, Gosport;

(ii) the addition of a major project to renovate the sports hall and associated work at Staunton Community Sports College, Havant, at a cost of £0.250m;

(iii) the addition of £0.080m from the capital programme contingency to existing provision of £0.360m for a major project of general renovation at Baycroft School, Gosport;

(iv) an allocation of £0.104m from the provision for Education Other Than At School for the cost of purchasing and locating temporary buildings at Basingstoke School Plus;

(v) an allocation of £0.040m from the provision for 14-19 initiative projects towards the cost of catering provision at Staunton Community Sports College, Havant;

(vi) the virement of £0.015m from revenue to the capital programme contingency to meet the costs of adaptations to office accommodation at Kent Road, Gosport for the Gosport Locality Team;

b) That the following variations to the 2007/08 capital programme be approved:

(i) an allocation of £0.110m from the provision for Early Education and Child Care Sustainability for the provision of a new temporary building for the Oakwood Playgroup, at Oakwood Infant School, Hartley Wintney;

(ii) an allocation of £0.110m from the provision for Early Education and Child Care Sustainability for the provision of a new temporary building for the Yateley Community Pre-school at Yateley Infant School;

(iii) an allocation of £0.170m for adaptation and extension of the Haven Children's Centre, Gosport, to be funded through £0.108m from the provision for Early Education and Child Care Sustainability and 0.062m from Schools Access Initiative;

(iv) an allocation of £0.060m from the provision for Early Education and Child Care Sustainability for improvements to the accommodation used by Stepping Stones Pre-school, Fordingbridge;

(v) an allocation of £0.062m from the provision for general early years projects to meet the cost of temporary provision for the Saplings Playgroup during building work at Burnham Copse Primary School, Tadley;

(vi) an allocation of £0.275m from the provision for general early years projects for adaptation and extension to Park Children's Centre, Aldershot;

(vii) an allocation of £0.170m from the provision for 14-19 initiative projects towards the cost of construction and hair and beauty facilities at Horndean Technology College;

(viii) funding for staff workforce improvements be allocated to the projects set out in Appendix 1;

(ix) funding for science, food technology and design technology be allocated to the projects set out in Appendix 2;

(x) a reduction in the allocation of Youth Capital Fund resources for the project at the Original Place, Havant from £0.270m to £0.235m;

(xi) an allocation of £0.100m from the provision for health and safety projects towards the construction of a bus bay at The Mountbatten School, Romsey;

(xii) an allocation of £0.111m for abortive professional fees from the allocation for primary school provision in the Whiteley area.

c) That individual allocations for a range of projects, listed in Appendix 3, agreed by the Director of Children's Services be approved;

d) That the former caretaker's house at Burnham Copse Primary School, Tadley be declared surplus to Children's Services requirements and that approval be sought from the Executive Member for Policy and resources for up to 100% of the receipt to be retained towards the cost of the major project at Burnham Copse Primary School in the 2007/08 capital programme.

e) That subject to the approval of the Executive Member for Policy and Resources an additional £0.046m be added to the provision in the 2006/07 capital programme for Youth Capital Fund projects.

f) That subject to the approval of the Executive Member for Policy and Resources the following projects and their resources be carried forward from 2006/07 to 2007/08:

(i) Baycroft School Gosport, major refurbishment project at £0.440m;

(ii) Staunton Community Sports College, sports hall refurbishment at £0.250m;

(iii) minor works at £0.153m.

g) That subject to the approval of the Executive Member for Policy and Resources the following variations to the 2007/08 capital programme be approved:

(i) in respect of Bell Vue Infant School and Newport Junior Schools, Aldershot:

(a) the addition of resources of £0.350m of capital grant;

(b) the addition of a major improvement project at £0.350m;

(ii) in respect of Swanwick Lodge Secure Unit:

(a) the addition of resources totalling £0.854m of capital grant;

(b) the addition of a major project for improvements and refurbishment at an estimated cost of £0.874m;

(iii) the addition of resources of £0.200m of capital grant to reflect specialist school allocations of £0.100m each to Dove House School, Basingstoke and Samuel Cody School, Farnborough.

h) That the approval of the Executive Member for Policy and Resources be sought for planning consent until 31 August 2012 for the following temporary classrooms:

(i) one double unit at Oakwood Infant School, Hartley Wintney to house the Oakwood Playgroup;

(ii) one double unit at Yateley Infant School to house the Yateley Community Pre-school;

(iii) one double unit at Elvetham Heath Primary School, Fleet;

(iv) one double and one single unit at Brughton Hill Community College, Basingstoke;

(v) one double unit at Dove House School, Basingstoke;

(vi) one double unit at Wildern School, Hedge End.

2 Reasons

2.1 The proposals in this report support the Corporate Strategies "Maximising well-being" and Enhancing our quality of place" by proposing allocations of funding to improve the environments of Hampshire schools and children's homes.

2.2 Decisions on the capital programme will support the County Council's corporate priorities, as indicated in the detailed capital programme attached at Appendix 1.

3 Other options considered and rejected

3.1 Not applicable.

4 Conflicts of Interest declared by the decision maker or other Executive Member consulted

4.1 None

5 Dispensation granted by the Standards Committee -

5.1 Not applicable

6 Reason(s) for the matter being dealt with if urgent -

6.1 Not applicable

Approved by: Date: 2 April 2007

Councillor Felicity Hindson

Executive Lead Member for Children's Services