Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Land for Trowbridge & St. Mellons High School to be sold
Recently the Council submitted a planning application for residential development on land ear-marked for the long-awaited and now never to be built Trowbridge & St. Mellons High School. The number of surplus pupil places at Rumney and Llanrumney High Schools have destroyed hopes that the Ward would one day have its own high school. Indeed, the Council may conclude that the two existing high schools in East Cardiff are unnecessary, leading to the closure of one or the amalgamation of the two.
The school land planning application raised the concerns of local Councillors about whether the community should be compensated with a percentage of the Capital Receipt from the sale which could be invested in the improvements required at the Community Education Centre. On Tuesday 21/12/04 Councillors Ralph Cook and David English met with the Liberal Democrat Executive Member Cllr. Mark Stephens and senior Council Officers to discuss this possibility.
Unfortunately, it seems the Council will not consider this option. However, Cllr. Stephens did sympathise with the points made by your local Councillors and promised to consider other options with regard to the Community Education Centre improvements.
Cllr. Ralph Cook
The school land planning application raised the concerns of local Councillors about whether the community should be compensated with a percentage of the Capital Receipt from the sale which could be invested in the improvements required at the Community Education Centre. On Tuesday 21/12/04 Councillors Ralph Cook and David English met with the Liberal Democrat Executive Member Cllr. Mark Stephens and senior Council Officers to discuss this possibility.
Unfortunately, it seems the Council will not consider this option. However, Cllr. Stephens did sympathise with the points made by your local Councillors and promised to consider other options with regard to the Community Education Centre improvements.
Cllr. Ralph Cook
