Comment
Draft Local Plan
Representation ID: 16050
Received: 11/05/2016
Respondent: Essex County Council
Sites: 020,021,152 and 200.
Primary School Capacity - Only primary school serving this area is West Horndon Primary School which is currently operating at capacity. The school has the site capacity to enable it to expand beyond its current size. However, part of the current site is leased to a scout group until 2020. It may be possible to acquire some additional land to the rear of the school to enable a more significant expansion than could be accommodated on the current site.
The 2,500 dwellings identified as the Dunton Garden Suburb could produce up to 750 primary aged pupils. This level of growth would require the provision of at least one large, or more probably two smaller new primary schools. It would be imperative for a primary school site to be made available as early as possible on the Dunton Garden Village site.
See attached