Policy information sourced from Bromley Local Plan
Policy 27 Education
The Council is committed to choice in education for parents and young people and will work, in partnership with agencies and providers, to ensure the provision of an appropriate range of educational facilities to cater for lifelong learning across the spectrum from early years to further and higher education, and including specialist provision. It will achieve this by:
- assessing the need for the range of education infrastructure over the plan period and allocating sites accordingly, (see Education Site Allocations Policy 29)
- defining land with permitted use for education purposes, including the sites of schools, colleges and purpose built day nurseries, and land allocated for such use through this plan, as ‘Education Land’ and safeguarding these sites for education purposes for the period of the plan. Whilst Education Land and buildings may also perform dual functions for wider community use, the redevelopment of education land for alternative uses, including other uses within the same use class, will not be permitted,
- permitting extensions to existing schools which seek to address local need, subject to Local Plan open space and conservation policies, unless there are demonstrably negative local impacts which substantially outweigh the need for additional education provision, which cannot be addressed through planning conditions or obligations. Proposals for school extensions on land adjacent to Education Land will also be considered favourably.
In all cases new development should be sensitively designed to minimise the footprint of buildings and the impact on open space, particularly playing fields, as well as seeking to secure, as far as possible the privacy and amenities of any adjoining properties, whilst delivering the necessary educational infrastructure.
For more information please see the Local Plan