Policy information sourced from the Welwyn Hatfield Local Plan
SP 14 New Schools
- The Council’s housing target for the plan period leads to a requirement for additional secondary education capacity equivalent to three new secondary schools for the borough. Locations for two new secondary schools are identified within proposed strategic housing sites; one within SDS5 at North West Hatfield and the other at Birchall Garden Suburb, east of Welwyn Garden City within the administrative area of East Hertfordshire District. A site for the third new secondary school is identified at New Barnfield in southern Hatfield, which is previously developed land within the Green Belt. The site of the former school buildings is also a Major Developed Site as defined in Policy SADM34 and shown on the Policies Map.
- The Council’s housing target for the plan period also leads to a requirement for new primary education capacity. In the case of the new neighbourhoods at SDS1, SDS2, and SDS5, and the site east of Welwyn Garden City within the administrative area of East Hertfordshire District: locations for new primary schools are identified within the proposed new developments. New primary school sites are also identified within housing sites HS11 south of Hatfield and HS22 at Brookmans Park.
For more information please see the Welwyn Hatfield Local Plan