Publication Plan April 2024

Comment

Representation ID: 6098

Received: 24/05/2024

Respondent: Staffordshire County Council

Ref E18 - ROF Featherstone

Flood Zone 2 and FZ 3.

Surface water - significant SW flow pathways cross site.

Comment

Representation ID: 6099

Received: 24/05/2024

Respondent: Staffordshire County Council

Ref E24 - I54

Bounds an area of flood zone 2 and flood zone 3.

Comment

Representation ID: 6100

Received: 24/05/2024

Respondent: Staffordshire County Council

Ref E33 - West Midlands Interchange

Surface water - various surface water flow pathways and ponding. Major and minor.

Comment

Representation ID: 6108

Received: 24/05/2024

Respondent: Staffordshire County Council

The district of South Staffordshire is made up of four distinct areas for the purpose of school place planning: 1) Cheslyn Hay & Great Wyrley, 2) Kinver & Wombourne, 3) Codsall & Perton and 4) Penkridge.

This consultation response does not assess the impact or requirement for additional school transport, nursery or SEND provision.

A two-tier education system, with Primary (4-11 years) and Secondary (11-18 years) schools, operates in Cheslyn Hay & Great Wyrley and Kinver & Wombourne, whilst in Codsall, Perton and Penkridge, a three-tier system with First (4-9 years), Middle (9-13 years) and High (13-18 years) schools, operates. Sixth form provision is offered on site at all secondary and high schools within the district.

School sizes are referred to as Forms of Entry (FE), which are the number of classes of 30 per school year group. For example, a 2FE school would have 2 classes of 30 pupils in every year group (60 pupils per school year group).

It should be made clear to prospective developers that where a new school is required developers must provide land for school site(s) in addition to education contributions to mitigate the development. We would seek assurance from SSDC that where a number of proposed developments in one area necessitate a new school, land would be safeguarded for education provision and that the developers contribute proportionally to the cost of buying the land.

Full details of new school requirements in representation.

Comment

Representation ID: 6111

Received: 24/05/2024

Respondent: Staffordshire County Council

Education contributions will be sought towards mitigating the impact of new housing developments where necessary.

Any new first school(s) would need to be at least 1FE (150 places) plus nursery provision and would require land of 7,635m2 to be provided and allocated within the local plan to facilitate this. To deliver a new 1FE First School (150 places + nursery provision) would cost in the region of £6.2 million pounds (as at Q2-2022). A 2FE First School (300 places + nursery provision) would require land of 12,870m2 to be provided and allocated within the local plan to facilitate this and would cost in the region of £8.2 million pounds (as at Q2-2022).

Any new primary schools would need to be at least 1FE (210 places) plus nursery provision and require land of 11,415m2 to be provided and allocated within the local plan to facilitate this. To deliver a new 1FE Primary School (210 places + nursery provision) would cost in the region of £7.6 million pounds (as at Q2-2022). A 2FE Primary School (420 places + nursery provision) would require land of 20,430m2 to be provided and allocated within the local plan to facilitate this and would cost in the region of £11.4 million pounds (as at Q2-2022).

Any new secondary schools would need to be at least 5FE (750 places) and require land of 86,076m2 to be provided and allocated within the local plan to facilitate this. To deliver a new secondary school of 5FE would cost in the region of £26.6 million pounds (as at Q2-2022).

Comment

Representation ID: 6112

Received: 24/05/2024

Respondent: Staffordshire County Council

Proposed Housing Growth – Locality 1

Penkridge Town
There are 1,297 dwellings proposed in Penkridge as part of the updated Local Plan.
This number of new homes is likely to generate 195 First school aged pupils, 156 at Middle school pupils, 117 at High school pupils and 39 pupils in sixth form.
Penkridge operates a three tier education system and contains three first schools, one middle school and one high school; the high school serves Penkridge Centre and the wider rural area.
To fully mitigate the proposed new housing further educational infrastructure would be required. We note that 1.5 hectares of land has been allocated for a new 1.5FE First School (225 places + nursery provision) which is of a sufficient size and other land requirements are detailed above. Education contributions will also need to be secured for the cost of the school building which is in the region of £6.7 million pounds (as at Q2-2022).
Penkridge Middle School and Wolgarston High School would both require up to 1FE of additional school infrastructure to mitigate the impact of the proposed developments (an additional 120 and 90 places respectively).

Southern Edge of Stafford – (A34 corridor)
There are 81 dwellings proposed in the Southern edge of Stafford as part of the updated Local Plan.
This number of new homes is likely to generate 17 Primary school aged pupils, 12 Secondary School pupils and 2 pupils in sixth form.

Huntington
There are 39 dwellings proposed in Huntington as part of the updated Local Plan.
This number of new homes is likely to generate 8 Primary school aged pupils, 6 at Secondary School pupils and 1 pupil in sixth form.

Comment

Representation ID: 6113

Received: 24/05/2024

Respondent: Staffordshire County Council

Proposed Housing Growth – Locality 2

Brewood
There are 63 dwellings proposed in Brewood as part of the updated Local Plan.
This number of new homes is likely to generate 9 First school aged pupils, 8 at Middle school pupils, 6 at High School pupils and 2 pupils in sixth form.

Coven
There are 48 dwellings proposed in Coven as part of the updated Local Plan.
This number of new homes is likely to generate 7 First school aged pupils, 6 at Middle school pupils, 4 at High School pupils and 1 pupil in sixth form.

Wheaton Aston
There are 18 dwellings proposed in Wheaton Aston as part of the updated Local Plan.
This number of new homes is likely to generate 3 First school aged pupils, 2 at Middle school pupils, 2 at High School pupils and 1 pupil in sixth form.

Comment

Representation ID: 6114

Received: 24/05/2024

Respondent: Staffordshire County Council

Proposed Housing Growth – Locality 3

Cheslyn Hay/Great Wyrley
There are 499 dwellings proposed in Cheslyn Hay & Great Wyrley as part of the updated Local Plan.
This number of new homes is likely to generate 105 Primary school aged pupils, 75 at Secondary School pupils and 15 pupils in sixth form.

Featherstone
There are 35 dwellings proposed in Featherstone as part of the updated Local Plan.
This number of new homes is likely to generate 7 Primary school aged pupils, 5 at Secondary School pupils and 1 pupil in sixth form.

Comment

Representation ID: 6115

Received: 24/05/2024

Respondent: Staffordshire County Council

Proposed Housing Growth – Locality 4

Codsall/Bilbrook
There are 1194 dwellings proposed in Codsall & Bilbrook as part of the updated Local Plan.
This number of new homes is likely to generate 179 First school aged pupils, 143 at Middle school pupils, 107 at High School pupils and 36 pupils in sixth form.
To fully mitigate the proposed new housing further educational infrastructure would be required. We note that 1.3 hectares of land has been allocated for a new 2FE First School (300 places + nursery provision) which is of a sufficient size and other land requirements are detailed above. Education contributions will also need to be secured for the cost of the school building which is in the region of £8.2 million pounds (as at Q2-2022).
It is likely that the proposed developments can be accommodated within the existing middle school infrastructure within Codsall/Bilbrook however dependent on the timing, phasing and dwelling breakdown of the housing developments education contributions may be necessary.

Perton
There are 150 dwellings proposed in Perton as part of the updated Local Plan.
This number of new homes is likely to generate 23 First school aged pupils, 18 at Middle school pupils, 14 at High School pupils and 5 pupils in sixth form.

Codsall High School would require additional school infrastructure to mitigate the cumulative impact of the proposed developments within the school’s catchment in Codsall/Bilbrook, Perton and Pattingham. Therefore, education contributions will be required to make these developments acceptable in planning terms.

Pattingham
There are 17 dwellings proposed in Pattingham as part of the updated Local Plan.
This number of new homes is likely to generate 3 First school aged pupils, 2 at Middle school pupils, 2 at High School pupils and 1 pupil in sixth form.

Comment

Representation ID: 6116

Received: 24/05/2024

Respondent: Staffordshire County Council

Proposed Housing Growth – Locality 5

Wombourne
There are 280 dwellings proposed in Wombourne as part of the updated Local Plan.
This number of new homes is likely to generate 59 Primary school aged pupils, 42 at Secondary School pupils and 8 pupils in sixth form.

Kinver
There are 120 dwellings proposed in Kinver as part of the updated Local Plan.
This number of new homes is likely to generate 25 Primary school aged pupils, 18 at Secondary School pupils and 5 pupils in sixth form.

Swindon
There are 10 dwellings proposed in Swindon as part of the updated Local Plan.
This number of new homes is likely to generate 2 Primary school aged pupils, 2 at Secondary School pupils.

Proposed Housing Growth – Tier 4 villages/other settlements/tier 5 settlements/windfall sites
There are 824 dwellings proposed for Tier 4 villages/other settlements/tier 5 settlements/windfall sites as part of the updated Local Plan.
Dependent on location a total of 124 first school places, 173 primary school places, 99 middle school places, 124 secondary school places, 74 high school places and 25 post 16 places are required.