Question follow-through · 16109

Free Schools: Dorking

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help progress the planning application for Betchwood Vale Academy.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body: Department for Education
Tabled: 25 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 29 Nov 2024
Answer: 29 Nov 2024 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

25 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help progress the planning application for Betchwood Vale Academy.
29 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Nov 2024
Answer published
The construction contractor, appointed by the department to progress the detailed designs, is currently producing the necessary reports and surveys required to submit the planning application for Betchwood Academy.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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