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Allocations DPD Discussion and Consultation Document
Representation ID: 21705
Received: 28/04/2010
Respondent: Aber Ltd
Agent: Colliers International
In order to facilitate the residential units proposed for Ashingdon, it is important that 3 ha of land is made available for the expansion of King Edmund School, in order to accommodate the additional children generated by the new housing.
This option would be located at the eastern end of Oxford Road, away from the existing main school buildings and due to the distance would appear as a separate campus, and would result in additional noise and disturbance as the students travel between the buildings.
This option would involve the development extending further east into the surrounding countryside that the residential areas to the north and south, resulting in urban sprawl, and would not create defensible boundaries, contrary to PPG2. In addition, this option would also conflict with the proposed housing option (SEA2) proposed for South East Ashingdon.
The preferred option is KES3 as this would ensure that the expansion to the school is close to the main school buildings, adjacent to existing residential (to the west), follow an existing field boundary and would enable access from Brays Lane.
In order to facilitate the residential units proposed for Ashingdon, it is important that 3 ha of land is made available for the expansion of King Edmund School, in order to accommodate the additional children generated by the new housing.
This option would be located at the eastern end of Oxford Road, away from the existing main school buildings and due to the distance would appear as a separate campus, and would result in additional noise and disturbance as the students travel between the buildings.
This option would involve the development extending further east into the surrounding countryside that the residential areas to the north and south, resulting in urban sprawl, and would not create defensible boundaries, contrary to PPG2. In addition, this option would also conflict with the proposed housing option (SEA2) proposed for South East Ashingdon.
The preferred option is KES3 as this would ensure that the expansion to the school is close to the main school buildings, adjacent to existing residential (to the west), follow an existing field boundary and would enable access from Brays Lane.