Comment

Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation

Representation ID: 8389

Received: 14/03/2019

Respondent: Mrs B Badham

Representation Summary:

Regarding schooling:
- HofE and BCPS site to combine to house primary school with properly planned entrance on Gypsy Lane. May still be space for several houses. Suggest secondary school moves to a new site with 6th form centre.
or
- BCPS remain but reduce to 250 max intake and therefore have two primary school facilities in area.

- Opposed to 6th Form annexe on current BCPS site.
- Suggestion to look at file of complaints in the past concerning problems relating to current BCPS.

Full text:

Items for consideration regarding schooling - both current sites are already inadequate with BCPS being dangerously overfull. Inadequate space for the current number of pupils. Certainly not able to take numbers of children associated with planned new housing numbers. Roads surrounding BCPS cannot cope with traffic as it is. Move the entire Secondary School to a new site this would assist with vehicles parked on the roads and volume of traffic entering and exiting the current site. More suitable for 11-18 year olds to get to new site, than primary school age children who must be accompanied by an adult. A possibility would be to turn the entire site over to primary education, providing adequate parking for all staff members, thereby releasing residential roads of all day parking by staff.. A properly planned turning point and drop off and entrance/exit on Gypsy Lane. Consideration to be given to facilities management vehicles which are already numerous. IT IS ENTIRELY UNSUITABLE TO HOUSE A 6TH FORM ANNEX ON THE CURRENT BCPS site with access from Asbury Road due to more and irregular hours of lectures, cars/motorbikes, anti social behaviour from congregating youths on a small residential road. Should BCPS site remain it should be reduced to cater for a maximum of 250 children more suitable for size of site. This would mean two primary schools in the village. ROADS currently servicing BCPS cannot take any further traffic or disruption than they are currently enduring 6 days a week from 7am in the morning until well into early evening most days.