CLT3 Secondary Education - Preferred Option
Support
Core Strategy Preferred Options (Revised October 2008)
Representation ID: 3416
Received: 08/12/2008
Respondent: Aber Ltd
Agent: Colliers International
In order to facilitate the addition residential proposed for Ashingdon, it is important that King Edmund School can be expanded in order to accommodate the additional children generated by the new housing.
Please find attached our respresentations in respect of the Core Strategy preferred Options (October 2008) which have been submitted on behalf of our client (Aber Ltd).
Comment
Core Strategy Preferred Options (Revised October 2008)
Representation ID: 3589
Received: 12/12/2008
Respondent: Mr Kelvin White
it remains to be seen whether this is enough for the expansion plans
it remains to be seen whether this is enough for the expansion plans
Comment
Core Strategy Preferred Options (Revised October 2008)
Representation ID: 3741
Received: 15/12/2008
Respondent: Mrs Helen Galley
I agree that King Edmund School should be expanded as too many children are bused across the other side of the district to go to school.
I agree that King Edmund School should be expanded as too many children are bused across the other side of the district to go to school.
Comment
Core Strategy Preferred Options (Revised October 2008)
Representation ID: 3882
Received: 17/12/2008
Respondent: A W Squier LTD and the Croll Group
Agent: Andrew Martin Associates Ltd
Summary
No objection is raised to the principle of extending the size of the King Edmund School grounds, subject to the provision of robust evidence as to the need and scale of the extension.
Full Text
The respondent owns the majority of the available land surrounding the school and is thus in the best position to facilitate the expansion. However, it is not clear how the land will be acquired, or whether it will form part of a much wider, mixed use allocation in the Allocations DPD. The CS refers to the Essex Schools Organisation Plan, which identifies a need to increase secondary school places in line with housing growth. It is accepted that housing growth and school places are inextricably linked and that the King Edmund School is at capacity and will require extension in the future. What is not clear from the evidence base is where the identified need for 3 hectares has come from. Reference is made to the Essex Schools Organisation Plan; however, this document does not look beyond 2012 and does not consider the residential allocations presently proposed in this CS.
The respondent has substantial interests in the land identified in the broad locations set out in H2 and H3. It is considered that the school expansion should be part and parcel of the development that comes through in the Ashingdon allocations. An indicative Master Plan is attached to these representations, which illustrates a growth option combining urban extensions with the enhancement of King Edmund School.