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I do not think that the entire site is appropriate for full development. It is bisected by the popular bridleway from Church Lane to Radford Semele. This forms the natural boundary to any extension of Sydenham. The northern part of the site down to the southern boundary of the housing to the east would be suitable for 600 homes, moving the school and its playing fields south of the bridleway between Church Lane and Radford Semele. Road access to both the school and housing would be from the existing roundabout, at Sydenham Drive and Prospect Road running parallel to the railway south to the new school and housing. The school is unlikely to require the whole of the area to the south and this balance area should be retained as arable.