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THE demolition of a group of buildings on a ‘mixed use agricultural site’ in favour of two new homes has been permitted – despite claims it will ‘harm the surrounding area’. Mr and Mrs Norris and St John Homes (Thames Valley) Ltd won full planning permission to bulldoze and remove the existing buildings and hardstanding on a plot of land near Chalkshire Road, in Butler’s Cross.
PICTURED: The Chalkshire Road plot In their place they will erect two detached homes with access and parking. Another application suggesting a pair of semi-detached properties was refused. One property will have three bedrooms, the other two. Each will have two dormers in the front and a single-storey flat roof section to the rear.
Frustrated parents will have to wait two more months to find out how school places will be allocated if catchment areas change. After two years of campaigning to get rural schools into dual-catchment areas in the county, parents were told that a final decision will be put off until February for further scrutiny. Cllr Sue Sanderson, Cabinet Member for Schools and Learning, is concerned that any changes made to the current single-catchment area policy must be made before the legal deadline. She said: “I totally understand why parents think it’s unfair if they cannot get their first and second-choice places.