Issue - decisions

Update from Shareholder Committee for Dorset Centre of Excellence on 15 June 2026

29/07/2026 - Coombe House School - Future Site Options

(a)            That the Executive Director for Children’s Services work with the Company to model the impact of the 2026 Schools’ White Paper and the impact of the proposals relating to Osprey Quay.

 

(b)            That the Chief Executive establishes a working group to review the commercial options for the site, with the Company.

 

(c)            Cabinet recognised the need for a short-term investment plan for the site to ensure it was being maintained, (whilst acknowledging the work required in respect of the long-term plan for the site) and instructs the Executive Director Economy and Environment, to prepare the short-term investment plan.

 

Reason for the decision

The Council needed to establish its future approach to the use and investment of the wider site and asset.