Proposed Letter to EDDC, Sept 2025

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Chairman’s Corner

By Henry Massey

And finally, a massive win for our parish’s future:
thanks to nearly £8.5 million in Community
Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding approved by
East Devon District Council, Broadclyst and
neighbouring communities are about to see some
serious upgrades.

Highlights include:

• £4.5 million for a brand new primary school at Tithebarn.
• £1.38 million for a beautiful 10-hectare country park off Station Road – opening this autumn!
• £1.8 million for the much-anticipated
• Mosshayne Lane to Station Road Multi-Use Path.
• And £800k towards expanding Pinhoe Surgery, boosting health services across the area.

25/085 COUNTY DIVISION AND DISTRICT WARD MEMBERS

• Broadclyst County Division Members
• It was noted that following the 5th May 2025 Devon County elections, the elected Broadclyst Division members are Cllr Henry Gent and Cllr Nathanial Vanstone.
• Cllr Vanstone sent apologies
• and will attend the June meeting.
• Cllr Gent reported on the forthcoming Strategic Planning Committee meeting on Monday 19th May which will consider 12 projects that have been put forward to receive East Devon CIL monies, four of which directly impact Broadclyst parish: Clyst Meadow Country Park, Station Road, Broadclyst; Cranbrook Multi-Use Park; Tithebarn/Mosshayne Primary School; Pinhoe Surgery Extension.
• It was proposed by Cllr Gent that the Parish Council writes a letter of support to the Committee.
• This was seconded by Cllr Fernley and unanimously agreed. RESOLVED. Action – Clerk.
• There were no other parish matters for Cllrs Gent and Vanstone.

Tithebarn/Mosshayne School Places

Cllr Sara Randall Johnson, Broadclyst Division

I asked Devon County Council (DCC) Officers
to review the admission decisions regarding
school placements for Tithebarn and
Mosshayne children. DCC continues to work
with local academy schools and Planning
Authorities to meet the fluctuating demand for
places. Here is their response.
Firstly, they stress that until the September 2025
admissions round, the catchment school for
homes in the East Devon Tithebarn/Mosshayne areas sit in the St Martins C of E Primary designated area.
Analysis of the 14 applications who were refused Monkerton, from the St Martins catchment
shows one parent elected to make a single preference, and no parents chose their
catchment school. Most parents chose either
West Clyst, Broadclyst, or Pinhoe as their second or third choices, all of which are full in line with their
determined admissions policies. Of these, one
parent got their 2nd choice Pinhoe; one parent got
their third choice – Clyst Heath; one parent got their third choice – St Nicholas; and one parent got their hird choice – Cranbrook.
Ten parents had no preference met; the bulk would have been allocated their catchment school had
they chosen it. Of these ten, eight were allocated St
Nicholas and two allocated St Martins. Most parents put Broadclyst as one of their preferences which is further than their allocated school.
Parents from the Tithebarn/Mosshayne area
have secured places at Monkerton Primary and the
new catchment area will see that increase over time.
At your request, we have rerun the admissions round under the new catchments Only 12 of the 14 students would be in the new catchment area and at least 8 of these pupils would have gained a place at the school.
In terms of the proposed Monkerton Admissions
Policy for Sept 2025, the prioritisation of siblings is
Cornerstone Academy Trust decision, as Admissions Authority, and is fully compliant with the
School Admissions Code.
DCC continues to engage with East Devon regarding the large development in the strategic allocation which was resubmitted under their Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) rather than the previously negotiated section 106.
CIL contributions are collected and allocated by
the Local Planning Authority (East Devon
District Council), whereas education section 106
contributions are paid directly to the statutory
authority (DCC) In respect of school transport, the policy is quite clear in terms of eligibility. Parents
considering applying for Monkerton next year who
are concerned about the potential of not securing a
place, can discuss this with the Admissions Team to
ensure their choices would not impinge on their
entitlement for home to school transport.
They appreciate this is no consolation to some
parents but reiterate that Devon has met 97% first
choices and over 99% one of three choices. They have also worked collaboratively with the Cornerstone Academy Trust on their catchment areas for both Monkerton and West Clyst Primary schools, giving greater priority to local children in 2025.

Where will the money come from?

by Marc Coton

For each of the 1480 houses that will be in the finished Tithebarn village, each one contributes £150 to CIL that EDDC use to implement their Infrastructure Delivery Plan 2017 which covers many aspects including Schooling (Bear in mind that we were referred to as North of Blackhorse/Redhayes when this was written). A key quote from 5.24 says:

“This site is allocated for 1,500 homes, social/community facilities, and employment land; and now has planning permission. A new 420 place primary school is critical (priority one), but there is currently a £2.5m funding gap from the total cost of £7.1m.”