There is a cabinet paper detailing the full proposal for the New Jewish Nursery in Mill Hill at the site of Wyvale Nursury. I've published this on the Future Shape leaks website in full :-
http://barnetfutureshape.blogspot.com/2011/02/barnet-council-cabinet-report-on-new.html
Key details :- Wyevale Ltd to transfer lease to new School, Car Park MAY be developed (with extra car parking provision elsewhere ??), Sea Cadets building to be a temporary location whilst the school site is developed. There is also an exempt report (rather oddly for a school development).
As I said before, I welcome the additional school places, I am sure it will provide an excellent education and I personally have no objections to faith schools or parents sending their children to them.
I have concerns about the loss of amenity if the car park is "developed". I have concerns that the "replacement" may be on park or green belt land. I have major concerns about the effect on traffic as 150 parents drop their kids off so close to the A1/A41. All of these would be true, regardless of the religious nature of the school. I am also rather puzzled at the fact that the State is 100% funding the school. When St Vincents RC school was rebuilt, parents & supporters had to raise 10% of the figure, which amounted to approx £250,000. I wasn't aware that the rules regarding faith schools have changed. I am not sure why this rule has been waived? Can anyone shed any light on this?
http://barnetfutureshape.blogspot.com/2011/02/barnet-council-cabinet-report-on-new.html
Key details :- Wyevale Ltd to transfer lease to new School, Car Park MAY be developed (with extra car parking provision elsewhere ??), Sea Cadets building to be a temporary location whilst the school site is developed. There is also an exempt report (rather oddly for a school development).
As I said before, I welcome the additional school places, I am sure it will provide an excellent education and I personally have no objections to faith schools or parents sending their children to them.
I have concerns about the loss of amenity if the car park is "developed". I have concerns that the "replacement" may be on park or green belt land. I have major concerns about the effect on traffic as 150 parents drop their kids off so close to the A1/A41. All of these would be true, regardless of the religious nature of the school. I am also rather puzzled at the fact that the State is 100% funding the school. When St Vincents RC school was rebuilt, parents & supporters had to raise 10% of the figure, which amounted to approx £250,000. I wasn't aware that the rules regarding faith schools have changed. I am not sure why this rule has been waived? Can anyone shed any light on this?
Point 9.5 claims that the council has limited grounds to object to the assignment. I think this proves that Lynne Hillan really does think we are all stupid.
ReplyDeleteThe original lease was granted with a restriction on use as a garden centre. If Wyevale want to assign to another garden centre, then the council would indeed have limited grounds to object. But to assign to a school is a completely different matter as restrictive covenants will need to be removed.
The council can object to the assignment if it wants to. Yet again we see officers trying to conduct potentially controversial property deals using delegated powers. What part of democratic accountability do these guys not understand?
I doubt that anyone who has ever had to do a school run to the schools on the Ridgeway from the other side of Mill Hill Circus would think this was a good place for a new school. My run from off Deans Lane in Edgware went:
ReplyDelete- corner of West Way to top of Hale Lane - clear run, turn into Hale Lane - solid traffic to turn off at roundabout into the Broadway, 100 yards clear on a good day then traffic jam to Mill Hill Circus, slow run to the 3 Hammers stopping to allow drop offs at Goodwyn School, traffic jam to St Vincents. Total time 20-40 minutes.
Add in another school on Dawes Lane and you would probably add another 10-15 minutes to the journey time due to the additional congestion.
I no longer live in Mill Hill so it makes no difference to my journey times any more but why inflict a school journey at a virtual standstill on all these extra children? And how does it benefit the pupils at St Vincents, St Pauls, Mill Hill Public etc to have an even slower journey?
For comparison, here in rural Essex, the school run is 12 miles and takes 20-25 minutes.
This is a good scheme apart from the location. Have Barnet gone mad (or madder than usual)? Siting a new school in Daws Lane will make morning rush hour an even greater nightmare. Can the muddled numpties guarantee the car park will still be free for park users? Is the site next to a busy PO sorting office or not? Down with Toad, Mrs Toad and the Toadies!
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