West End Parents

We are parents whose children attend schools in Dundee's West End. We commend the Council on its aims to provide “new schools with a high quality teaching and learning environment with modern resources” and to ensure that “new buildings are energy efficient and the number of places is matched with the projected rolls”, but we have questions and concerns about the proposal to relocate St Joseph's RC Primary, Park Place Primary and Park Place Nursery School to a new shared site in Blackness Road.

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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Playtime at the new West End school?

We were wondering what playtime at the new West End school might be like, so we took one of the sketches from the council's planning application 10/00406/FULL, as viewed from the south-east corner, and added 400 children using the council's sketch of 4 children playing as a stamping tool.

Here's what we discovered, before and after modification. What do you think? What will the noise levels be for residents and nearby businesses? Will the children have enough space to play - or even move?

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Comments/objections to the full planning application must be submitted by 15 July 2010

The full planning application for the West End Schools project is now available on the city council's Public Access website:

http://bwarrant.dundeecity.gov.uk/publicaccess/tdc/DcApplication/application_detailview.aspx?caseno=L4IOIMGC03500&searchtype=WEEKLY

Comments and objections should be registered using the Submit Comments link online or in writing to the city council by 15 July 2010. According to the Applications for Planning Guidance Leaflet (p7), the address to send written objections is:

Director of City Development,
Dundee City Council,
Floor 15,
Tayside House,
Dundee, DD1 3RB.

Please note: The formal Planning Register which contains all planning application details is available for public inspection from 8.30am to 5pm Monday to Friday at City Developments Department reception, Floor 2, Tayside House, Crichton Street, Dundee DD1 3RB (information obtained from:http://bwarrant.dundeecity.gov.uk/publicaccess/tdc/tdc_home.aspx)

Dundee Council Proposal 69-2009

The Director of Education proposes, "To build 2 x 1 stream primary schools with 6 additional classrooms on a shared site of the former Harris Academy Annexe to replace Park Place Primary School, Park Place Nursery and St Joseph's Primary School" (Council Report 69-2009).

As a response to this proposal, we have summarised our questions and concerns in the following document:
Questions and Concerns 69-2009

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If you share any of our concerns, please write to your local Dundee Councillor:

West End (Ward 3) Councillors:

List of all 29 Councillors on the DCC website

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If you wish to leave online comments, which may be anonymous, click the comments link at the end of each blog post. If you wish to send us private correspondence, you can email us at: westendparents@googlemail.com

West End Parents

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Playtime at the new West End school?

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