Crunch time is coming when the lead member for schools and North
Swindon councillor must lay his cards on the table for the site of the 2014 North
Swindon School. At the moment, the public has been invited to consider Redhouse
as one of the potential sites.
http://www.swindon.gov.uk/northswindonprimary
Would this be the same Redhouse for which the planning system shows
PA S/12/0711: application for 33 houses and a charge of £240,000 to SBC for the
land for a community centre?
http://195.89.201.121/PublicAccess77/tdc/DcApplication/application_detailview.aspx?caseno=M45QHRPT97000PA S/12/0711 which states it was granted approval on 6/3/2013 by committee but for which no minute of presentation to or approval by the planning committee exist? Are elected members no longer necessary in the decision making process? Or was someone trying to hide this from public view?
Does the approval of this planning application cut down the viability of building a school at the Redhouse pub site?
Is this SBC’s version of Schrodinger’s Cat? Can Redhouse be both a
site for a school and a site for 33 houses/ community centre at the same time?
Has the lead member been caught like a fox in the henhouse? ‘Unintentionally’ misleading the public
again?
It has been stated that on election of the next leader, it will be back to business as usual.
Profligacy? Arrogance? Ineptitude? Deceit? There are more than a few names which come to
mind as fully paid up members of this club. Business as usual? God help us all.
In the meantime, what will the lead member offer to the parents and
children of North Swindon? The clock is ticking.
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