To approve an exchange of land between the Salisbury Diocesan Board of Education and Wiltshire Council on terms to be agreed by the Head of Strategic Property Services.
As a result of the construction of a new school at Quakers Walk, Devizes, the existing Devizes St Peters School is due to close in 2012. The Salisbury Diocesan Board of Education intends, with the agreement of the Council as joint landowner, to dispose of the whole site and to use the proceeds towards funding the new school. There is currently a pre-school nursery ( Taylor Made Nursery) at the site who have a lease of land and buildings in Diocese ownership
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Decision due: 15 Jul 2011 by Cabinet Member for Strategic Planning, Development Management, Strategic Housing, Operational Property and Waste
Lead member: Cllr Toby Sturgis, Cabinet Member for Spatial Planning, Development Management and Property toby.sturgis@wiltshire.gov.uk
Department: Department of Transformation and Resources
Contact: Matthew Tiller, Chief Accountant 01225 713249 email: tim.slator@wiltshire.gov.uk Tel: 01722b434244.
Consultation process
Discussion has taken place with the DCE Schools, and Early Years Team in view of the presence of the nursery on site, but we have not consulted with other Council departments, due to the nature of the Council’s land in relation to the site as whole.