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Thursday 26 July 2018

Swarminarayan School To Be Rebuilt on Northwick Park?

Some days ago, Nick Gibb the schools minister raised the possibility of a new Hindu free school being built on Northwick Park.  This follows the announced closure of the current private school in Stonebridge.  It raises several issues that Brent Council should be investigating:

  • Have all the relevant sites been surveyed properly.  Building on Metropolitan Open Land (i.e. a park) is equivalent in planning terms to building on Green Belt.  If permitted at all it should only be a last resort.
  • Will the new school be fully funded?
  • Will the current closing private school make any contribution?
  • What will happen to the old school site in Stonebridge?
  • Why does this matter apparently have Ealing and Harrow representatives but no opinions from Brent MPs or Brent Council?

1 comment:

Martin Francis said...

It was Bob Blackman who raised the possibility of a Northwick Park site. The development option the Northwick Park partners chose was not the one that included a secondary school. If it did I would think the proposed North Wembley Secondary School would have first option even though the site is not in Wembley. One of the Labour MPs stated in the debate that Dawn Butler was a 'fervent' supporter of the Swaminarayan School.

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