Around 30 per cent of the Redvales playing fields in Bury will be lost to development
A new special school for 60 children is set to be built on playing fields in Bury . The council has set out the plans for the school on part of the long-established Redvales recreation fields which will ‘provide specialist Social Emotional and Mental Health facilities for children and young people aged 11-16 years’.
Due to the number of objections to the public open space notices, a report was submitted to cabinet earlier this month to dispose of the land and that was approved. A report to go before the council cabinet next week states that Bury Council has committed to delivering a new special school, working in collaboration with the DfE and Oak Learning Partnership through the DfE free school programme.
The report said: “All of these pupils would otherwise have attended more expensive independent special schools.” One objector, said: “The public open space has been used for decades for dog walking, parties, bonfires, sunbathing, informal gatherings, nature study and raspberry and blackberry foraging.” Another objector, said: “You propose to take away the only sporting facility in the area where children can play. There is chaos on the roads now without bringing parents of 60 children to add to the enormous amount of traffic.
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