Pioneer Site Stoke Poges Bucks SL2 Planning application ref 1300271FUL THE PROPOSAL Change of use from offices to use as secondary school incorporating caretakers residence Extensions to the existing ID: 404881
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Proposed Development of Secondary School,
Pioneer Site, Stoke
Poges
, Bucks SL2
Planning application ref: 13/00271/FUL
THE PROPOSAL
Change of use from offices to use as secondary school, incorporating caretakers residence.
Extensions to the existing
building
to
provide 2,008m2 (40%) of additional floor space. Alterations to landscaping, access and parking provisions.
As part of the planning consultation process you are required to respond to the planning application with your concerns and reasons for objection.Slide2Slide3Slide4
NEED
GREENBELT
HARM TO AMENITY
TRANSPORT AND TRAFFIC
SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENTSlide5
1.
NEED
The need for a school has been identified in Slough and NOT South Bucks, which already provides some of the best secondary and grammar schools in the Country; this is why many people choose to live in Stoke
Poges
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Figures kindly provided by Malcolm Bridges, Head, Stoke
Poges
Primary School
Stoke
Poges
Primary School has 400 Pupils
283 families surveyed.
222 returns
i.e
, 78.5% response (This is massive)
Answers to the single question: As a parent with a child at The Stoke
Poges
School, would you consider sending your child to the proposed new
Khalsa
Academy, once they reach secondary age?
Yes = 15 which is 6.75%
No = 207 which is 93.25%
Ethnic mix
52% white British or Other white
48% from ethnic minorities. A truly multi cultural school
CLEARLY THERE IS NO DEMAND FOR A SECONDARY SCHOOL IN STOKE POGESSlide7
60% of Slough school places are taken up by pupils from outside of the Slough of area.
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% of School places in Slough are taken up by Pupils from South Bucks
South Bucks already provides some of the best schools in the Country both Grammar Schools and Secondary Schools
SB Residents will lose their right to free home to school transport for their preferred school if this school is allowed to go ahead
SB residents human rights will be affectedSlide8
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. GREENBELT
This proposed development for a school which will attract 850 pupils and approx. 70 teachers from outside of Stoke
Poges
and South Bucks; is considered to be harmful as it is set in a sensitive Green Belt site, adjacent to the
Framewood
Road Conservation area and in the heart of the rural village of Stoke
Poges
.
The proposal would result in the loss of a beautiful 11 acre green belt
site;
the loss of green fields and openness
If permitted this proposal would result in further erosion of the green belt in favour of urban development in order to meet the need of Slough
Green Belt status should be protected to prevent urban sprawl from Slough
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The provision of over 2000 m2 of additional floor space, a 40% increase, along with alterations to the landscape to provide extensive outdoor sporting facilities will harm the Green Belt and views in and out of the Conservation Area.
In order to protect this green belt site, previous planning permission for office use in 1993 imposed a legal agreement which specifically restricted further development on the site.
That permission also restricted the numbers of employees permitted on that site to 175 (although it was acknowledged that it could accommodate 400). Slide10
DfE
have referred to the fact that the site currently has the potential to accommodate 1,000 employees without planning permission.
The
normal occupancy level adopted by commercial property agents is 1 person per 120 sq ft - this would equate to 404
people.
The
constraints of the site i.e. 180 parking spaces and the absence of any public transport would be a major deterrent to any potential company wishing to employ more than 200 employees. Slide11
3. HARM TO THE AMENITY
3.1 The development would be detrimental to the character and appearance of the conservation area. It will harm the peace and tranquillity currently enjoyed by neighbouring residents. This will be due to significantly increased traffic, noise and light pollution and general disturbance caused by the daily movements of up to a thousand people and the recreational and sports activities undertaken both during schools hours and at evenings and weekends.
The views into and out of the Conservation Area will be harmed by the proposed extensions on this elevated site.
This
will result in the urbanisation of the rural character of the Conservation Area with the provision of footpaths, street lighting etc
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3.2
The elevated position of the buildings and the fact that the land falls away to the south to a stream to the south of School Lane; the land rises again quite sharply up to Farthing Green Lane and Plough Lane so any noise arising from the school; the daily movement between buildings, and recreational and other outside activities will be projected across the valley to the detriment of residents in the vicinity and further afield.Slide13
4. Transport and traffic
The proposed development is not sustainable. There is practically no public transport and 98% of the pupils and staff will travel by car and coach from Slough and West London. Significant increases in traffic will have a major impact on the daily lives of residents in Stoke
Poges
and those who live in the rural lanes of
Wexham
Street and
Hollybush
Hill; the additional traffic will impact on the heavily congested road outside
Wexham
Park Hospital with restricted width and parking on both sides of the road.
The current offices employ approximately 50 members of staff
The maximum no of employees since the site was developed is 175
There is no public transport in this rural village
The development will result in additional traffic and congestion from
Transporting 850 pupils daily from Slough 70 Teachers and other
staffSlide14
No
pavements on
Hollybush
Hill from
Wexham
Street westwards down to the proposed site, will divert pedestrians/school children through the narrow rural lanes of Hockley Lane, Chapel Lane and Farthing Green Lane to the rear of the site
Conflict
with traffic on
Wexham
Street in the narrow rural lane and outside
Wexham
Park Hospital accident and emergency entranceSlide15
5. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
There are vacant premises in Slough, including the Arbour vale School (currently earmarked for a football club), which would serve the local need and facilitate the use of public transport.
98% of the pupils are travelling from Slough and the neighbouring towns
Offices in Slough which would be more suitable remain vacant
The
Arborvale
School (next to the existing
Khalsa
Primary School) remains empty
Slough is not meeting the educational needs of its pupils
Slough puts priority of the football club over educationSlide16
CONCLUSION:
THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE NO BENEFIT TO THE VILLAGERS OF STOKE POGES; THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD RESULT IN SUBSTANTIAL HARM TO THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND WILL AFFECT THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF RESIDENTSSlide17
Contact
Richard Regan-Planning Officer
Planning Department
South Bucks District council
Capswood
Oxford Road
Denham UB9 4LH
Richard.Regan@southbucks.gov.uk
Michael Gove MP
Secretary of State for Education
House of Commons
London
SW1A 0AA
ministers@education.gsi.gov.uk
or
office@shca.org.uk
Dominic Grieve MP
Beaconsfield Constituency Conservative Association
Disraeli House
12 Aylesbury End
Beaconsfield Old Town
Buckinghamshire
HP9 1LW