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£5million new Reddish school moves step closer

Peter Devine
7/12/2005

STOCKPORT Council took another step on Monday towards the building of a new £5.2 million 600 pupil school on a former dump site at Reddish.

A meeting of the authority's school organisation committee decided unanimously to close Fir Tree Primary, North Reddish Infants and North Reddish Junior Schools on August 31, 2008.

The plan is to amalgamate primary children of the three schools under one roof at the new school, which is planned to be built on the former tip at Harcourt Street.

However, the move was not welcomed by residents who make up North Reddish Action Group (NRAG) who were concerned about the level of traffic created, the loss of green playing space and the dangers of digging into the tip.

In her presentation Mary Binnie, the assistant director of special projects for Stockport Local Education Authority, gave assurances that "full and independent investigations" would be made of the site and of the traffic impact created on the area, before the new school is built.

She also promised both surveys would be 'open to public scrutiny'.

Ms Binnie said the schools in Reddish were almost 100- years-old and an opportunity to replace them might not come along again soon if the £2.2 million grant was not taken.

Ms Binnie explained: "Once the school is built there will be community use of the fields. In terms of location the other sites within the area all had particular difficulties. This site is right in the middle of where the children are coming from."

During questioning Mrs Binnie said approximately 20 per cent of the land at Harcourt Street would be left for communal use.

A spokeswoman for NRAG, Pat Penkethman, who gave a presentation opposing the new school siting, told the Stockport Express: "The fight starts here. We may have lost the battle in trying to convince the committee but we will continue the struggle and be there when it comes before planning officers next April/May."


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   I think the school will have all the best facilities, but i have put my youngest child in a denton school, as i believe a 600 place setting is too large for young children, instead of building the school, why not build a goo d, safe park for the children and a center for the older children, there is nothing in reddish for our children. the place is becoming a run down dump
jean, reddish
1/08/2007 at 23:50
   Stockport Council has again chosen to ignore the residents who live within the Harcourt Street/Mill Lane area with the building of a new school in Reddish. They say that independent surveys will be carried out regarding the impact of traffic, if they can't see the problems now, what hope do we have of Stockport Council seeing any sense by causing more traffic chaos in these areas. The people that make these decisions need to live in these areas to understand the impact of the traffic flow now, particularly at peak times.
Linda Aitken, Mill Lane, Reddish
16/12/2005 at 16:06
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