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Representation ID: 25606

Received: 07/03/2019

Respondent: Department for Education (DfE)

While it is important to provide certainty to developers, retaining flexibility is also necessary given that the need for school places can vary over time. The DfE therefore recommends considering the following in the next version of the Plan:

Site specific requirements for developer contributions to enlargements of existing and new schools at application stage.

Requirements to deliver schools on some sites could change in the future if it were demonstrated and agreed that the site had become surplus to requirements.

Further details regarding establishing new schools is provided in the full text.