Decision

The Assistant Director
of Regeneration and Place has decided to appropriate from
recreational purposes to educational purposes the area of public
open space adjacent to the Riverside Primary School, Brighton
Street, Seacombe, Wirral, CH44 6QW edged red on Appendix 3 to this
notice pursuant to section 122 of the Local Government Act
1972.

Reasons for the decision

The school rebuilding
programme funded by the Department for Education carries out major
rebuilding and refurbishment projects at schools and sixth form
college buildings across England, with buildings prioritised
according to their condition. Bids were submitted for four Wirral
schools to be included in this programme, and it has been confirmed
that Riverside and Mosslands have been accepted.

The plan is for a new school to be built on the current site of the
Riverside Primary School, Brighton Street, Seacombe, Wirral, CH44
6QW. This necessitates the full decant of the existing school into
a temporary full accommodation facility located on and within the
site (as set out in Appendix 2). Currently the site area has a
recreational provision with 2 de-commissioned bowling greens which
are fenced off as set out in Appendix 1). Following completion of
the new school build the school will fully decant into the newly
built permanent provision. It is intended that the temporary school
provision within the blue coloured area on the plan in - Appendix
3, will cease and that area will revert to Public Open Green Space,
with scope for future development by the Council’s parks
service.

The remaining red edged area (“the Site”), being land
located adjacent to part of Toronto Street and Demesne Street,
Seacombe as set out in Appendix 3, will be retained for educational
use, given this additional area will form part of a compliance
requirement under Building Bulletin 103: Area Guidelines for
Outdoor Physical Education space within New Build 1 Form Entry
Mainstream Schools. In accordance with Section 122 of the Local
Government Act 1972 the Council may appropriate land from one
purpose to another, when it is no longer required for the purpose
for which it was previously held. Extending the school boundary to
incorporate the Site and appropriating it for educational use will
enable the Council to meet future educational demands.

Having regard to the fact that no substantive objections have been
received following the advertisement requirements of section 122 of
the Local Government Act 1972 being fulfilled the Assistant
Director of Regeneration and Place has taken the decision to
appropriate the Site from recreational purposes to educational
purposes.

Alternative options considered

Alternative locations of the school were carefully considered
and discounted for practical reasons