Chiil’d Out:

i)     that the Director of Finance include the Chill’d Out project to the Capital Plan as a Tier 1 Capital project and allocate £67,091 awarded grant funds to refurbish the asset in line with the terms and conditions of the grant and;

ii)    pursuant to the above, the Director of Finance enter into a  contract with MW Benney to facilitate the delivery of the Chill’d Out capital works as outlined in the bid and set out in Paragraph 2.2 of the submitted business case.

Combe Pafford:

i)     that the Combe Pafford project be added to the Capital Investment plan as a Tier 2 capital project and the Director of Finance allocate £50,000 from the Childres Services Higher Needs Provision Capital Allocation (HNPCA) to facilitate the feasibility, surveys, design and tender process to inform the Full Business Case;

ii)    that the Director of Finance authorise a contribution of £100,000 from the HNCPA via a Funding Agreement to Combe Pafford to support the Academy delivering urgent works for additional security and sensory areas; and

iii)   that the Director of Finance establish a reserve of £200,000 from the HNCPA for future works to be agreed as Phase 2 and managed via a Funding Agreement or an addendum to the Full Business Case.

Whiterock (Plot 8115):

i)     That the Director of Finance rescinds the decision taken on the 9th September 2025 in relation to the £90,000 Levelling Up Funds (LUF) allocation for feasibility at Whiterock and, instead, fund the initial feasibility utilising the revenue feasibility fund.

All projects were reviewed and deemed to be strategically advantageous and satisfactorily compliant in terms of their feasibility and levels of risk to enable them to progress.

The projects could be put on hold or cancelled and the grant funding received for them could be returned to central government.

This decision will be implemented immediately.

Updates to the Capital Investment Plan in respect of the following projects:

• Chill’d Out Refurbishment
• Combe Pafford Redesignation
• Whiterock (Plot 8115)

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