Quoted from blackdog

I thought it was St Barts' Wormstall site.

Correct.

And to the poster above who said that WBC do turn down some, I'm sure he's correct, but they were very unlikely to turn down this one were they given that the school is a pet project. A scandalous waste of taxpayer's money if you ask me, as for a fraction of the price the existing buildings could have been updated if it was really necessary.

Quoted from BrianB

Here we go again with User23 and his fragmented logic.

It wasn't an empty complex of run down buildings until West Berks decided that they could sell the land and put the proceeds into their bank account.

They will soon be using the same tactic for Speenhamland School.

They would even sell Victoria Park for housing if they felt they could get away with it.

Perhaps it's just me but that post comes across as very bitter, the last sentence in particular.

Perhaps this affects your judgement and makes my "logic" seem "fragmented" to you?

You seem to have continently forgotten that the run down Turnpike was replaced with the nice new Trinity.

Quoted from user23.3

You seem to have continently forgotten that the run down Turnpike was replaced with the nice new Trinity.

Has Trinity recovered now from failing school status? Nice new schools do not get better results.

Quoted from user23.3

You seem to have continently forgotten that the run down Turnpike was replaced with the nice new Trinity.

Well, the Turnpike school was built in the late fifties so I guess it had reached its sell by date but there are hundreds of schools that are considerably older and still going. If the school was jerry built then I suspect it was right to pull it down and start again but the question of ongoing maintenance is important so if you say it was run down, I wonder why.

Quoted from brian

Well, the Turnpike school was built in the late fifties so I guess it had reached its sell by date but there are hundreds of schools that are considerably older and still going. If the school was jerry built then I suspect it was right to pull it down and start again but the question of ongoing maintenance is important so if you say it was run down, I wonder why.

I should imagine it was because the buildings became harder and harder to keep in good order, hence the need to the move.

The Turnpike / Shaw House / Trinity case was fundamentally flawed.  The refurbishment for the new single site ened up costing around double the quote in the bsuienss case. The Turnpike buildings were by no means derelict - badly maintained, but could easily have been refurbished.  They were nowhere near as old as St Barts premises.  

Returning to the thread topic....... as I understand it (having seen the plans when it was open for consultation) there will still be quite a bit of free parking in Chesterfield and Howard Road. WBC are bringing in parking restrictions which allow for FOUR HOURS of limited waiting between 8am and 6pm. If someone's going to the cinema or off to Reading for the evening they could park there from 2pm onwards until midday the following day if necessary without being given a ticket.

Resident Permit Holders can be exempt from these restrictions if they buy a permit.

Of course whether it's four hours, two hours or six, it won't suit the rail commuter, but it may be suitable for part time workers in the town centre maybe?

Most residents in Howard Road have driveways or garages so they may only need to buy a permit if they are a two, three or four car family.  (Easily done if you can't persuade the kids to fly the nest unfortunately....) But each household can only buy a MAXIMUM of TWO permits, so it starts to manage itself to a certain extent.

For people living in the bottom end of Chesterfield Road near Porchester Road they probably can't wait for this to come in as they have nowhere to park apart from on-street.

Quoted from Bartholomew

I'm not sure about all these roads but the residents of at least one road has turned down the offer of residents permits. I won't say which in case this brings more unwanted cars parking in  the road!
I think that in light of this decision and noticeably more alien cars in the road, the residents may well change their minds.

Careful what you wish for Porchester Road residents....?