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Chalfont
St. Peter Community and:- The NSE's £100M+ Developments on Green Belt land |
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sense
understands
the number of new houses proposed is circa 218. Schools The 125 requiring secondary education again equates to 20 in each of the school years. Some will qualify for a Bucks grammar school place, but the majority (perhaps 90 or so) would gravitate to the local Community College. Except that the school's roll is full and, (based on intake from the existing community), is expected to remain so for at least 5 years. Tricky one. To sum up: Looking at schools highlights the size of the NSE's housing development - the displacement of local children in local schools ripples upwards and outwards throughout the community to affect all aspects of village/community life. Services There are two surgeries serving Chalfont St. Peter. sense understands that the Misbourne surgery is near to closing its list whilst the Calcot surgery is, to all intents, already full. Could they not take on an extra doctor or two? Well, that's not really the problem - the surgeries are of a certain size to meet expected demand - it would not be trivial for them to extend their buildings to provide further consulting rooms/waiting areas to cater for an influx of 850+ people. They may well experience particular problems in addressing healthcare needs of the elderly in the residential home and sheltered accommodation. Other services would probably be strained in the near term but able to adapt over time and then cope reasonably well.
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