Comment

Representation ID: 23063

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: St Philips

Agent: Savills

Policy HOU5 – Education Facilities

The Policy states that where a scheme of more than 10 dwellings increases the need for education facilities, planning obligations will be required to meet the increase need. We understand that the Education team have not yet confirmed education requirements – this needs to be confirmed so that we can better understand what level of contribution is required from development sites to meet education needs.
St Phillips have worked collaboratively with Taylor Wimpey (adjacent landowner to the south) to produce a combined masterplan to show the potential for community infrastructure delivery across a wider strategic development site, including the land to the west of Site WSA9 (Illustrative Masterplan attached with this submission). This site has the potential to deliver circa 800 dwellings, land for a new school, local centre/health facility and significant public open space including a country park. This wider proposal may also be of a scale that could support a new/improved bus service on Chester Road which would enhance the sustainability credentials of the existing settlement. The scale of the combined proposals gives rise to a more comprehensive opportunity than the constrained and fragmented proposition contained in the draft plan at present and would allow for the inclusion of significant community infrastructure.