School place row could kill off on plan for new railway station

A wrangle over school places could put the brakes on plans for a new railway station in suburban Preston.

In a report presented to the committee, they concluded that the station would – irrespective of the new homes – lead to “irreversible, significant changes to the role…and appearance of the open countryside in this part of Preston, to the extent that it will alter its rural character”. It was also judged that the site was on the fringe of the countryside and could be considered a “sustainable urban extension to Preston”.

With the effective gifting of the station land being presented as one of the benefits of the scheme that justified the absence of any education cash, deputy committee chair Sara Holmes contrasted the value of what is currently an agricultural plot – which she calculated to be worth £27,000 – with the millions needed to cover school costs.

But a majority of members were unconvinced and voted six-to-three against accepting the officer recommendation for approval, with one abstention. The material considerations surrounding the station development were not considered sufficient to outweigh the conflict with local planning policy, it was suggested.

That was done on the basis that acquiring the various and necessary pieces of land – currently in different ownerships – could be a lengthy process and so might require use of compulsory purchase orders, which is another possible option to further the Parkway development should this particular plot prove a sticking point.

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