Decision details

(a)      Approves the Strategic Outline Case included at Appendix A of this report; and

(b)      Notes the decision of the Education and Children’s Services Committee on 16 September 2025, to:

·            Instruct the Chief Officer – Corporate Landlord to develop an Outline Business Case, to present detailed options and costings for the creation of new community campus facilities to serve the Northfield Area, which would support the delivery of the Family Support Model in Northfield, allow for the reduction of excess school capacity, and provide opportunities for the consolidation of existing Council buildings in Northfield; and

·            Instruct the Chief Officer – Corporate Landlord to submit the completed Outline Business Case for approval to the budget setting process for 2026/27.