Parents living on a huge new housing estate in Gedling village have been left disappointed after plans for a primary school were scrapped. Nottinghamshire County Council said there was no longer any need for the 210-place school at Chase Farm and would ask developers Keepmoat to instead direct the money towards the expansion of secondary schools in the area.
The development at the former Gedling Colliery site, which will eventually have around 1,000 houses once completed, was expected to be delivered along with a primary school as part of a section 106 agreement. However the county council said pupil demand forecasts showed there would be a sufficient number of primary school places in the area.
It said a Keepmoat would be required to instead pay around £3.6million towards additional secondary school places in the area. John Clarke, leader of Gedling Borough Council, said he was "very disappointed" by the decision.
