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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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Slide1

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.Slide2
Slide3
Slide4

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

.Slide6

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.

2

% 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

2

. 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

.Slide9

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

.Slide12

 

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