With the amalgamation of Waterfoot Primary School and Cloughfold Primary School the combined school is looking to relocate to a new site and building which, they believe, to be more appropriate for the purposes than the existing Waterfoot Primary School on Thornfield Avenue, Waterfoot.
It is currently proposed that the new school facility is to be built on land, presently designated as "green-belt" adjacent to Booth Road with access through Wolfenden Green (currently a cul-de-sac).
The proposals that were shared with the community at an open-day at Waterfoot Primary School on the 11th October 2007 show the new school building and the associated car parking situated adjacent to the rear of the existing residential properties on Booth Road.
If we accept that there is a potential need for a new school facility (I know some do not believe this to be the case) then we need to ensure that our voices are heard in respect of the location and design of the new facility to minimise the impact to the local residents and to ensure that the detrimental impact on green-belt land is minimised or eliminated altogether by locating the new school elsewhere.
The reason many of us have bought properties on Booth Road and Wolfenden Green is as a direct result of the fantastic views that we enjoy over the valley and the peace and tranquility of the fields that our properties back onto.
We need to ensure that we demonstrate our joint commitment to minimising the impact of this potential development and this blog is intended to allow people from the local community to voice their own views in respect of the proposals.
As our discussions with Lancashire County Council and Waterfoot Primary School continue, we will add further information to this blog in order to ensure everyone can continue to be fully informed. We will also provide information regarding meetings that are to be held in order to maintain the momentum of our campaign to ensure that our concerns are recognised and mitigated against to our satisfaction.
I look forward to reading your comments on this blog and hope that we will secure a more sensible solution that meets the needs of the local community at large as well as the specific desires of Waterfoot Primary School.
It is currently proposed that the new school facility is to be built on land, presently designated as "green-belt" adjacent to Booth Road with access through Wolfenden Green (currently a cul-de-sac).
The proposals that were shared with the community at an open-day at Waterfoot Primary School on the 11th October 2007 show the new school building and the associated car parking situated adjacent to the rear of the existing residential properties on Booth Road.
If we accept that there is a potential need for a new school facility (I know some do not believe this to be the case) then we need to ensure that our voices are heard in respect of the location and design of the new facility to minimise the impact to the local residents and to ensure that the detrimental impact on green-belt land is minimised or eliminated altogether by locating the new school elsewhere.
The reason many of us have bought properties on Booth Road and Wolfenden Green is as a direct result of the fantastic views that we enjoy over the valley and the peace and tranquility of the fields that our properties back onto.
We need to ensure that we demonstrate our joint commitment to minimising the impact of this potential development and this blog is intended to allow people from the local community to voice their own views in respect of the proposals.
As our discussions with Lancashire County Council and Waterfoot Primary School continue, we will add further information to this blog in order to ensure everyone can continue to be fully informed. We will also provide information regarding meetings that are to be held in order to maintain the momentum of our campaign to ensure that our concerns are recognised and mitigated against to our satisfaction.
I look forward to reading your comments on this blog and hope that we will secure a more sensible solution that meets the needs of the local community at large as well as the specific desires of Waterfoot Primary School.
2 comments:
Hi Roger
Looking at the aerial view of the site if we have to eventually have this development why can the existing football field which is useless and very rarely used not be used as a site and the all weather area that is always flooded are re-positioned behind the houses. Access up the Girls Slope would be direct into this area and the site would be away from view. Surely the further from residential areas the buildings are the better for all concerned.
I am still agaisnt the whole project but we have to see what alternatives are available.
Well written article.
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