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Pages 39 - 42: Figure 15 and supporting text - Pupil planning takes place across school groups agreed with the DfE. It is unhelpful to show potential deficits against individual schools as admissions patterns may need to change in response to development proposals. Fewer larger projects will be required than might be assumed from Fig 15 and reading the supporting text. The figures in this and the following section have not been checked by ECC, as they do not form a full breakdown of the likely unit mix of all allocation sites (including DHGV), or of the already permitted and/or committed development.

Page 41: Paragraph 83a - New schools should normally be located on new developments rather than 'within close proximity'. Where this is not possible the viability of suitable nearby land for acquisition, and recovering the cost from developers, must be ensured. The Local Plan must include D1 Use Class allocations of land for new schools, agreed by ECC, which meet the criteria set out in ECC's Developers' Guide (section 4). 2.1ha of suitable land will be needed to establish each new school alluded to in this paragraph. Specific numbers of forms of entry should not be quoted in the Plan to retain sufficient flexibility.

Page 41: Paragraph 83b - ECC will be commissioning a viability study to look at expanding Mountnessing CE Primary School.

Page 42: Paragraph 83c - Expansion of West Horndon Primary School is already in ECC's 'Ten Year Plan' (page 28) to meet the demand for school places, adding half a form of entry for September 2019.

Page 42: Paragraph 85 and 86 - ECC's School Organisation team would welcome inclusion in the continued dialogue relating to the master planning of DHGV. The first new primary school site should be a minimum of 2.9ha and made available as early as possible within the development of the Garden Village Suburb. If 4,000 homes are built longer term then the preferred model will be three primary schools, with a minimum of 2.1ha sites sufficient for each of the latter two. Fewer larger schools would not be congruent with the Garden Village aim of sustainable travel patterns.