Decision - Planned Maintenance Budget and Asset Management Fund Allocations and Education Capital Resources and Capital Investment Programme 2025-2026

This report recommends to Cabinet a capital programme for 2025/26 in respect of School Condition Allocation, Basic Need and High Needs Provision Capital Allocation funding. The report also seeks Cabinet approval for the annual revenue budget allocation and programme of maintenance, improvements and health & safety works for the Council's operational property portfolio.

1) Cabinet notes the level of available capital resources totalling £4.200m for investment relating to education buildings. 2) Cabinet agrees the allocation of funding as shown in Appendix 1 for inclusion within the council's Capital Investment Programme 2025/26. 3) Cabinet grants delegated authority to the Director of Property & Finance to procure the capital maintenance and basic need works required, as set out in Appendix 1, and enter into contracts in accordance with Contract Standing Orders. 4) Cabinet approves the annual programme of planned maintenance works within the Planned Maintenance Budget as detailed in Appendix 2, at a total estimated cost of £4,441,940. 5) Cabinet approves the allocations from the Asset Management Fund for 2025-26, totalling £1,000,000, as detailed in Appendix 3. 6) Cabinet delegates authority to the Director of Property & Finance to take all steps necessary to procure the Planned Maintenance Budget works and Asset Management Fund improvement works and award contracts within these budgets and in accordance with Contract Standing Orders.

The document identifies planned maintenance works across social care properties to support funding bids for 2025/2026. The surveyed works cover internal, external, mechanical, electrical and fire precaution improvements, with a total estimated cost of £500,000.