That: a) Approval is given to spend up to £9.162m of Department for Education (DfE) capital grant funding, comprising £5.362m High Needs Provision Capital Grant 2025–2027 and £3.8m Special and Alternative Provision Free School Alternative Places Grant, to support the delivery of additional Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) capacity in Herefordshire;

b) Approval is given for the programme to include, but not be limited to, the expansion of Westfield School, the development of support bases in mainstream schools, and the acquisition, assembly, adaptation or refurbishment of suitable council-owned or purchased land and/or buildings to create additional SEND capacity; and

c) Authority is delegated to the Service Director for Education, Learning and Skills to take all operational decisions necessary, including the award of contracts, to deliver and vary the programme within the approved budget, including the use of any further Department for Education high needs, SEND or equivalent capital grant awards up to 2029-30 that are added to the capital programme by the Section 151 Officer.