Decisions made

That the Director notes the update on the School Streets Pilot as described within this paper and approves the recommendation to offer the three participating schools an extension of the trial arrangements, until the end of the Autumn term in December 2021.

In 2020, Hampshire County Council received an offer for the dedication of public footpath rights on a development site known as ‘Top Field’ by Drew Smith Homes
Ltd, which at the time owned the land over which the routes run. The routes provide links to and between other footpaths recorded through diversion orders made by
Winchester City Council (WCC) under Section 257 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 earlier that year. The routes to be dedicated, which are shown on the accompanying Location Map, were to be dedicated under Section 25 of the Highways Act 1980, at a width of 1.5 metres. Authority for the County Council to enter into this agreement was granted at officer level in March 2020.

Following the earlier determination of an application for a Definitive Map Modification Order to record public footpath and bridleway rights in Penton Mewsey:
• The unrecorded footpaths between Points A-B and Points E-F should be extinguished under the provisions of s118 of the Highways Act (1980).
• The unrecorded footpath which runs across a field between Points B-C should be diverted to the field edge between those points under the provisions of s119
of the Highways Act (1980).
• The unrecorded footpath between Points B-D should be retained and recorded by a Definitive Map Modification Order under s53 of the Wildlife and
Countryside Act (1981).
• In accordance with the previous determination, the width of the route between Points B and C should be 1.5 metres
• Part of the historic and variable width of the unrecorded footpath between Points B-D should be extinguished under the provisions of s118 of the Highways Act (1980), leaving a footpath with a width of 1.5 metres.

That, following the acceptance of the Definitive Map Modification Order (DMMO) application to record Chawton Bridleway 4 as a restricted byway, authority is given to extinguish the majority of the historic and currently
unrecorded width.
The remaining route will be a 3-metre-wide bridleway with four passing places with a width of between 4 and 5 metres. A DMMO will subsequently be made to
record the route as a restricted byway, following the determination of the application in March 2021.

To consider a report of the Director of Children's Services - North Baddesley Infant School is a community school currently approved to take children of school age from Year R to Year 2. The PAN for the school is currently 90 with maximum capacity of 270. The governing body of the school is seeking to:

(a) Lower the school age range to 2-year-olds; and
(b) Directly manage a new early years’ facility as part of the school.

The school leadership team has reviewed its management, financial and operational arrangements, and the governors at its meeting on 24 June 2021 gave full agreement to the proposal.

The school has previously offered the childcare opportunity to the open market. This resulted in only one interested provider who went through the selection process; however, they have chosen not to take up the opportunity to deliver the childcare provision. The school has not considered to offer it out again due to the poor response previously.

The lowered age range will be accommodated in the multi-purpose building which is currently sited on the school campus which has full facilities to accommodate younger children. The accommodation was successfully purchased and installed via a community grant and the remaining costs were supported by the school who recognised the demand for wrap around care by their working parents.

There is no cost to Hampshire County Council associated with this proposal.

A public consultation was held from 3 September to 1 October 2021.

There have been three objections raised and these have been resolved.

To consider a report of the Director of Children's Services regarding Grant recommendations for Christmas 2021 from the Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) grant programme.

To consider a report of the Director of Children's Services, to approve the expansion of specialist provision, increasing the Agreed Pupil Number of Mark Way School, Andover.

To consider a report of the Director of Children's Services, setting out the on-going educational and financial concerns at Hatherden Primary School in Test Valley and potential next steps in the process to manage this.

Update on Tice's Meadow