Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

42.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

To receive any apologies for absence.

Minutes:

Apologies were received from Councillor Grey. Councillor Ilyas was substituting.

43.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST pdf icon PDF 217 KB

To receive any declarations of Interest.

Minutes:

Councillor Clark declared a personal interest as he knew several members of the Maidenhead Target Shooting Club Member. Councillor Clark was attending the meeting with an open mind.

 

Councillor Ilyas declared a personal interest for item 5 as he is the RBWM representative of the Youth Counselling Agency (Windsor and Maidenhead Youth and Community Counselling Service).

 

Councillor Samantha Rayner declared a personal interest as she knows the founder of Forest Bridge School, Councillor Simon Dudley, Leader of the Council.

 

Councillor Stretton declared a personal interest for all Members as they all knew knows the founder of Forest Bridge School, Councillor Simon Dudley, Leader of the Council.

 

Councillor Werner declared a personal interest as he is a personal friend of Tony Hill. Councillor Werner was attending the meeting with an open mind.

 

Councillor Derek Wilson declared an interest as Lead Member of Planning for item 4. Councillor Wilson made no reference to the planning scheme as this would be discussed at another meeting so not prejudicing his decision. Councillor Wilson was attending with an open mind.

44.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 59 KB

To consider the Part I minutes of the meeting held on 21 March 2017.

Minutes:

Minutes of the last meeting were UNANIMOUSLY AGREED.

45.

CALL IN - FOREST BRIDGE SCHOOL pdf icon PDF 51 KB

To consider the Call In of the Cabinet Report Forest Bridge School.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Chairman introduced the item and made it very clear that the discussion would only be looking at the call in and no other issues.

 

The Chairman addressed Mr Andrew Hill with reference to his question and advised that this would be considered at Children’s Overview and Scrutiny Panel on Thursday 20 April.

 

The Chairman invited Councillor Werner to inform the Panel on why the call-in was made. Councillor Werner explained that the school provided a unique service, it had fantastic staff. It was great that a free school was created in Maidenhead offering great services for residents. It was important that the school expanded.

 

The call in was made because of two main reasons:

 

·         Interaction with other users – there is not much detail in the report and consultation. Further interaction required on building on green belt, expanding the leisure centre to accommodate more residents and consulting with the Braywick Park Users Club.

 

·         The process followed – There is lots of land and lots of regeneration taking place. Each individual case needs to be scrutinised. All leisure issues need to be scrutinised by Culture and Communities Overview and Scrutiny Panel before further action is taken.

 

Councillor Werner was disappointed that the Forest Bridge School report had not been considered at the Culture and Communities Overview and Scrutiny Panel.

 

Councillor Majeed addressed the Panel and highlighted that he had had many comments and complaints from residents. These included :

 

·         The school was doing amazing work but was proposing extending on green belt land.

·         Residents were not consulted.

·         The scheme was approved under the radar.

·         No formal consultation taken place for residents, families and groups to comment.

 

Councillor Majeed suggested option C, to refer the matter to Council for consideration, after a public consultation.

 

Forest Bridge School gave a brief presentation to the Panel. Some of the points raised by the school included;

·         There are 58 pupils currently at the school.

·         All years groups have waiting lists.

·         Many individuals and families have the opportunity now to go and do simple things such as go shopping, or eat out at a restaurant.

·         Majority a parent founded school for their own children and also expanding to the wider community.

·         The Borough had been very supportive of the school.

·         Current accommodation not large enough to expand to 94 pupils, the full approved size of the school.

·         The current land users, Maidenhead Target Shooting Club, had been found a new location.

·         There would be a joint use multi games area for the school and for residents.

·         A Planning application had not yet been submitted, however a full consultation will be carried out once plans submitted.

·         This school will be an asset for the whole community.

 

Paul Sergeant, local resident expressed that there was pressure to build on land in many areas that had been restricted. Residents support school expansion but not on green belt.

 

David Scott, Head of Communities and Highways, gave a presentation to the Panel. The presentation provided the context of the site,  ...  view the full minutes text for item 45.

46.

CONTRACT AWARD - OPERATION OF 4 MARLOW ROAD, MAIDENHEAD

To comment on the report to be considered by Cabinet on the 27 April 2017.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The item was introduced by the Chairman and the moved into Part II.

47.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972 - EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC

To consider passing the following resolution:-

 

“That under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public

be excluded from the remainder of the meeting whilst discussion takes place

on items 7-8 on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt

information as defined in Paragraphs 1-7 of part I of Schedule 12A of the Act"

Minutes:

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the remainder of the meeting whilst discussion takes place on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1-7 of part I of Schedule 12A of the Act.

48.

CALL IN - FOREST BRIDGE SCHOOL (APPENDIX)

To consider the Call In of the Cabinet Report Forest Bridge School.

49.

CONTRACT AWARD - OPERATION OF 4 MARLOW ROAD, MAIDENHEAD (APPENDIX)

To comment on the report to be considered by Cabinet on the 27 April 2017.