Comment

Representation ID: 6758

Received: 06/11/2009

Respondent: Warwickshire County Council [Commissioning, Planning & Partnerships Service, Children, Young People & Families]

Europa Way - 1250 homes in Phase 1

The local secondary school and primary schools are all over subscribed and it is forecast that there would be no surplus capacity in secondary or primary to serve this extensive development.

An additional 248 primary school places (including provision for a site for a 1 FE -210 place primary school plus early years provision) would be required from the start of the housing project to be in place by the time the first home on the site is occupied. 35 early years places would also be required.

The development is forecast to generate 177 secondary school places. Further, 42 post 16 places will also be required.

This development, together with the other proposed sites in Whitnash etc will require the provision of an additional secondary school preferably located in the lower Heathcote Farm area rather than Europa way. The best estimate is that an additional secondary school would need to be in place by 2015/16.