Bosses at a Wirral school are angry with the council over an alleged ‘delay’ in deciding whether to approve controversial plans for 33 homes on a field the school owns.
Birkenhead School, an independent school on Beresford Road in Oxton, Wirral, wants to sell off Noctorum Field and gain planning permission for up to 33 homes on the site. The proposal has faced fierce local opposition.
The homes plan has been submitted along with a proposal to upgrade the school's existing sports hall and build an additional multi-purpose sports facility at its Bidston Road campus, featuring rooms for fitness activities, meetings and events. But a petition against the application, organised by the Noctorum Ridge Residents Association (NRRA), has attracted more than 1,600 signatures.
