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I object to this development for a number of reasons. I believe that Whitnash has come under huge pressure from housing developments and does not have the infrastructure in place to support any more. I understand that there are no plans to provide primary school provision which is ridiculous given the problems there have been in the area over school places. In addition, as a parent who already struggles to cross Golf Lane to get to Briar Hill/St Margarets in the morning with the number of cars parking in the road, I can't imagine the traffic problems with parents coming to drop off/pick up at the new school site from the Fieldgate Lane access point.
I'm also aware that the site in question is subject to regular flooding after heavy rain; building on it would create more flooding there and elsewhere along Whitnash Brook.
In addition, I understand from the council's own "Focus" magazine that otters have recently been succesfully re-introduced at the Whitnash Brook nature reserve. It would be a huge shame after this to have to move them on again, and there is of course lots of other wildlife in the area that would be affected.
To summarise, I don't think this is a "fair price" to pay for a new school. I don't think that Whitnash, or Sydenham (Which will lose a great amenity provided by the current school) can afford it.