Comment

Representation ID: 6760

Received: 06/11/2009

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

Whitnash
* north of Harbury Lane - 250 homes
* south of Harbury Lane - 2500 homes

The only primary school places available at present are in Whitnash Primary School and this school is forecast to fill by 2013.

The development would require 546 primary school places and the LA would require sites for two new primary schools (including a 2 FE 420 place school and a 1 FE 210 place school. A contribution toward land acquisition costs on the Heathcote Farm site will therefore be required as well as toward the cost of building.

Early Years provision will also be required, totalling 78 places.

The development of the sites north of Harbury Lane and south of Harbury Lane in Phase 1 would pose severe difficulties as neither site is likely to be large enough to provide a site for an additional primary school. It is therefore strongly recommended that these sites are deferred to a later phase and the larger sites scheduled for Phase 2 are brought forward and provision is made for a primary school from the beginning of the project.

The development is forecast to generate 389 secondary school places. A further, 93 post 16 places will also be required.

As a result of the developments in Europa Way and Whitnash, a site for a 6 FE (900 place) secondary school will be required, in the area south of Harbury Lane by 2015/16. A contribution toward land acquisition costs on the Heathcote Farm site will therefore be required as well as toward the cost of building.