Children’s Centre Planning Decision Tonight
Tonight it’s Planning, at 7pm in the Town Hall. The main issue from a St Mary’s ward point of view is the Butterstile Children’s Centre proposal. Whatever the decision, lessons have to be learned about consultation and planning timescales.
There hasn’t been adequate consultation, and relationships between Butterstile School, local residents and the Council may well be at an all time low.
We’re either going to get a Children’s Centre that’s deeply unpopular with local people, or no Children’s Centre at all. One outcome would be bad for residents of School Grove, the other terrible for the ward as a whole.
And now the time has passed so that the sensible solution, a Children’s Centre in Rainsough where there is the greatest need for both renovated buildings and children’s facilities, almost certainly can’t come to pass.
What a shame, caused by the government’s crazy timescales, the Council’s inadequate consultation, and a failure to work with our neighbour Authority to get the best for local people.
I will let you know how it goes.
Rick
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