AQW 21328/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education whether she plans to release the former Castle Gardens Primary school site in Newtownards for social housing development.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 2 July 2021
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 2 July 2021
- Answer due by
- 21 July 2021
- Answered
- 15 July 202113 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Department of Education is not the owner of the site.
The EA owns the land and has declared it surplus to its requirements however a complex legal title has meant that it is proving extremely difficult to sell the site.