Ipswich Borough Council Local Plan Core Strategy and Policies Development Plan Document Review - Final Draft

Object

Representation ID: 26540

Received: 02/03/2020

Respondent: Department for Education (DfE)

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

DfE supports the Council’s prioritisation of education infrastructure, and the allocation and safeguarding of land for schools as set out in the following policies: Ipswich Garden Suburb (Policy CS10) – 1 secondary school and 3 primary schools. DfE loans to forward fund schools as part of large residential developments may be of interest, for example if viability becomes an issue. Please see the Developer Loans for Schools prospectus for more information. Any offer of forward funding would seek to maximise developer contributions to education
infrastructure provision while supporting delivery of schools where and when they are needed.

Object

Representation ID: 26541

Received: 02/03/2020

Respondent: Department for Education (DfE)

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

While DfE supports Policy CS17, we request a minor amendment either to the policy or its supporting text, to clarify that developer contributions may be secured retrospectively, when it has been necessary to forward fund infrastructure projects in advance of anticipated housing growth. An example of this would be the local authority’s expansion of a secondary school to ensure that places are available in time to support development coming forward. This minor amendment would help to demonstrate that the plan is positively prepared and deliverable over its period.