London Borough of Lambeth - Former Charles Edward Brooke School - consultation

London Borough of Lambeth

SITE NOTICE

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

Update: 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).

Site Plan of Former Charles Edward Brooke School

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. Prior to this, we must seek consent from the Secretary of State for Education under Section 77 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 and Schedule 1 of the Academies Act 2010. 

In advance of submitting a S77 application, the London Borough of Lambeth 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, excluding all school buildings) in connection with their school, in their current condition. 
The consultation ran for 6 weeks until 1st November 2024. The London Borough of Lambeth will now submit applications seeking consent from the Secretary of State.

We are keen to hear your views for the future use of the Former Charles Edward Brooke School site, we are therefore extending the opportunity for public comments until 13th December 2024. Those wishing to respond to this consultation can do so by contacting 
JWaite­­@lambeth.gov.uk quoting reference FCEBS77.

You can find more information on the consultation so far by visiting  
haveyoursay.lambeth.gov.uk/former-charles-edward-brooke-school-consultation or clicking on the QR code below.