Issue - meetings

To submit a report by the Director of Lifelong Learning.

RESOLVED :-

·           To approve and agree to the site, named Option 7 in the consultation document, being the preferred site for the proposed new primary school;

·           To authorise Officers from the Environment and Technical Services to discuss purchasing the requisite land for the proposed new primary school, subject to obtaining planning permission.

(Councillor K.P. Hughes declared an interest and left the meeting during discussion and voting thereon)

Submitted – a report by the Corporate Director (Lifelong Learning) in relation to a site for the new Primary School in the ‘Llannau’ area.

The Portfolio Holder (Education) stated that an assessment of 18 potential sites had been assessed and 9 non-financial options criteria were used to evaluate the sites. He noted that Llanfachraeth School with additional fields scored the highest but the stakeholder group and the consultees, requested that the project team should consider locating the new school in the centre of the new proposed catchment area, thus proposing option 7, Llanfaethlu  – the second highest scoring site.  Archaeological and planning investigations have taken place at both Llanfachraeth and Llanfaethlu sites.  Llanfachraeth has no archaeological issues but Llanfaethlu site would require a staged programme of archaeological assessment and evaluation.  A full geophysical survey of the site has now been completed.  During the excavation in the identified trenches, there has been concentration of Neolithic features in two of the trenches.  The project team has received verbal confirmation that the works and findings undertaken on the Llanfaethlu site does not mean that the site cannot be developed.    The next stage is to negotiate with the landowner to purchase the land.

RESOLVED :-

·           To approve and agree to the site, named Option 7 in the consultation document, being the preferred site for the proposed new primary school;

·           To authorise Officers from the Environment and Technical Services to discuss purchasing the requisite land for the proposed new primary school, subject to obtaining planning permission.