Concerns have been raised that there will not be enough school places in the Fenland district to meet the demand from potential future developments.

Cambridgeshire County Council has objected to some areas of Fenland District Council’s draft local plan.  

Local plans are created by district councils to guide future development in the area.

A report presented to the Cambridgeshire County Council’s environment and green investment committee on Thursday, December 1 said the county council had held an internal consultation on the plans to gather views from different departments.

It said the responses had been generally supportive, in particular highlighting support for policies relating to the natural environment and biodiversity, as well as renewable and low carbon energy.

However, the report said there had been some objections to the plans.

One of the areas picked up was around whether there wuould be enough funding available for new school places to meet the demand created by building new homes.

Three particular issues were raised by the education team at the county council, the firs was the removal of a housing allocation in east March, which the team said will "prejudice the opportunity to secure additional land to expand Neale Wade Academy".

The second issue raised was around the plans for housing in Doddington and Wimblington.

The education team said the local plan did not provide any certainty that a site and funding would be available to increase the number of primary school places needed to meet the demand created by planned developments.

The third issue related to plans for homes in Coates, with the team again raising concerns that the policy did not "provide any certainty" that a site or funding would be available to deliver the replacement school needed to meet demand.

The report explained that county council officers will continue to work with the district council towards resolving the issues where objections had been raised.