All-through school at Warrington Primary Academy Trust, Bruche Primary School, Warrington

“The application site is the existing Bruche Primary School located at Seymour Drive, Poulton-with-Fearnhead. The site consists of two blocks of existing single- storey school buildings, with a car park at the site frontage to the west. The buildings to the north of the site are currently in use as a primary school with early years provision.”

“The site is located in Suburban Warrington as defined by Policy DC1 (Warrington’s Places) of the Local Plan. It is also within the Mineral Safeguarding Area (MSA) for sand and gravel as set out by Policy ENV3 (Safeguarding of Minerals Resources). The playing fields around the edges of the site are identified as Open Space by Policy DC5 (Open Space, Sport and Recreation Provision).”

“The application was publicised by press notice, site notice and by 86no neighbour notification letters. A petition was received in objection with 79no signatures. 14no objection letters have been received, with the issues raised summarised below:”

“Insufficient parking in surrounding area • Local roads unsuitable for development of this size • Insufficient access for school and construction traffic, as well as emergency vehicles • Highway safety issues for children travelling to school • Proposed community use of MUGA will exacerbate traffic issues • Start times should be staggered • Antisocial parking by parents in surrounding streets…”

“Members noted the content of the report and the update note.”

“Representations were heard in favour of and against the application.”

“The application was approved with conditions as per the officer recommendations including those in the update note with modifications to conditions to include a new condition for bird boxes and reference to site manager within CHEMP for complaints purposes within Condition 19.”