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Written question asked by Anne Main (Conservative) on Monday, 8 February 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 10 February 2016. It was answered by Edward Timpson (Conservative) on Tuesday, 23 February 2016 on behalf of the Department for Education.


Free Schools: Radlett

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the letter from her Department to the Harperbury Free School governors of 17 November 2015, if she will make an assessment of the implications for housing and other planned developments in the catchment area of the proposed Harperbury Free School of the risk referred to in that letter that no suitable site can ever be found for that school.

Answer

Assessing the implications for housing and other developments is a matter for the Council rather than the Department.

In order for planning permission to be granted for a site in the Green Belt, as is the case for the trust’s preferred site, the Local Planning Authority would have to accept that there is a strong need for a school in the locality of the identified site, which they do not.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
26190
Session
2015-16
Subjects
Property development Free schools Radlett
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk