The council said the time timescale of the project is now 'very tight'
The preferred site for a new secondary school in Preston needs to be in Lancashire County Council ’s hands within the next two months – or it will have to be built somewhere else. The land, at Higher Bartle, was reserved for the 600-pupil establishment since planning permission was granted for a major new housing estate there three years ago.
Cabinet members agreed to keep their options open until 2025, with education and skills portfolio holder Jayne Rear acknowledging that Ingol was not the “preferred” place to build the secondary.
County Cllr Rear added the timescale was now “very tight”, explaining: “Acquisition of the site is dependent on…Taylor Wimpey completing their purchase of – and we are advised that this should take place in early 2025. This will instigate a process to transfer the land to the council and may impact upon the delivery timetable.
The meeting at which the matter was discussed heard a “desktop feasibility study” had shown the Higher Bartle plot was potentially capable of accommodating the school, but that the on-site topographical work was necessary in order to garner “more detailed information about the condition of the land”. The process was “essential to enable us to develop a full scheme and indicative costs”, County Cllr Rear said.
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