London Borough of Lambeth - Former Charles Edward Brooke School consultation

London Borough of Lambeth

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Former Charles Edward Brooke School, Cormont Road, Myatt’s Field, London, SE5 9RE

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Consultation on change of use of playing fields for education purposes in advance of an application under Section 77 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (as amended).

London Borough of Lambeth is consulting local schools and the public about the site of the former Charles Edward Brooke School at Cormont Road, Myatt’s Field, London, SE5 9RE. 

 The former Charles Edward Brooke school was formerly a maintained secondary school, which closed in 2012. The playgrounds were used to accommodate temporary decant buildings for the Saint Gabriel’s College while refurbishment works were undertaken to their school building on Langham Road. The site has otherwise been unoccupied and remains vacant today.

The Lambeth Local Education Authority has confirmed that the site is no longer required to meet education needs and is surplus to requirement.

 The former school site has an overall area of some 0.59 hectares of which 0.29 hectares are classed as playing field land.

Though no formal decision has yet been made, it is expected that the site may be brought forward for redevelopment or conversion of the site for housing. Any proceeds arising from this are expected to be reinvested into the local authority’s school estate.

London Borough of Lambeth has invited primary schools within a 0.5-mile radius and secondary schools within a 1-mile radius of the site to express an interest, should they wish to do so, in using the playing fields (comprising the tarmacked areas around the school) in connection with their school, in their current condition.
 
Comments from those wishing to express a view on these proposals are also invited. Those wishing to respond to this consultation can do so by contacting HousingDeliveryTeam@lambeth.gov.uk. 

Expressions of interest must be submitted by 1st November 2024.

This consultation is being undertaken in advance of an expected application to the Secretary of State for Education for change of use or disposal of the site under Section 77 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (as amended by Education Act 2011) and Schedule 1 of the Academies Act 2010. This will be subject to a future decision by the council and residents are advised that London Borough of Lambeth intends to consult on the wider future of the site at a later date.