A report by the Director of Children’s Services outlined the recent successful bid made to the Co-Location Fund for £927,000 of capital money. The report set out the proposals included as part of the bid, to create Area Team offices in parts of the borough where Children’s Service multi disciplinary Area Teams would be based to deliver Children’s Services and requested that they be approved.

It was noted that this proposal would generate savings and that the result of this approach would be some premises being declared surplus to the Council’s requirements.

Resolved: - That

(1)  The approach outlined in the bid be agreed

(2)  Further work be undertaken in order to develop the scheme and estimates for the proposed sites.