So used are we to seeing children wheeled out by their school and parents to county hall to lobby against a closure or merger that the sight of pupils yesterday morning is *support* of a new school was somewhat novel. What's going on?
Yesterday, planners confirmed that these pupils will soon have their new school. That school is Ysgol Carreg Emlyn, Clocaenog. The school is currently split over two sites, one in Cyffylliog and the other in Clocaenog. Both are substandard. Both are anything but modern.
The reason the children were present was because there were "significant" objections from those who didn't want a new school in their midst. Objectors cited loss of amenity (the building would be two-storey) and issues of sewerage (a cesspool) and flooding (not considered a risk by NRW).
It's interesting, when you compare the list of objectors against supporters, that all bar oneof the former are from Clocaenog and most of the latter from Clawddnewydd, Derwen and other settlements within the Carreg Emlyn catchment. The one objector outside the village was David Jones MP who was representing the objectors.
There's an obvious split within the group of communities. On the part of Clocaenog residents, could this be nimbyism? To a point, of course. But there are those in Clocaenog who obviously feel strongly that their village will be despoiled for the benefit not of their own community but for those who live in others.
In the round, though, planners felt that "the proposal is considered to involve the provision of an essential service that would support the local community".
It is interesting to note that the former Denbighshire county council gave permission for a new school in the site in 1973, just before it was abolished. Successor Clwyd county council saw fit not to take this forward.
Meanwhile, the public consultation on the new school at Llanfair DC reaches its climax on June 26th with a public meeting. Once controversial for the merger of Ysgolion Llanfair a Phentrecelyn, the session, concentyrating as it does on one school building only, is likely to go well. Llanfair gets its new school. Pentrecleyn does not.
The reason the children were present was because there were "significant" objections from those who didn't want a new school in their midst. Objectors cited loss of amenity (the building would be two-storey) and issues of sewerage (a cesspool) and flooding (not considered a risk by NRW).
It's interesting, when you compare the list of objectors against supporters, that all bar oneof the former are from Clocaenog and most of the latter from Clawddnewydd, Derwen and other settlements within the Carreg Emlyn catchment. The one objector outside the village was David Jones MP who was representing the objectors.
There's an obvious split within the group of communities. On the part of Clocaenog residents, could this be nimbyism? To a point, of course. But there are those in Clocaenog who obviously feel strongly that their village will be despoiled for the benefit not of their own community but for those who live in others.
In the round, though, planners felt that "the proposal is considered to involve the provision of an essential service that would support the local community".
It is interesting to note that the former Denbighshire county council gave permission for a new school in the site in 1973, just before it was abolished. Successor Clwyd county council saw fit not to take this forward.
Meanwhile, the public consultation on the new school at Llanfair DC reaches its climax on June 26th with a public meeting. Once controversial for the merger of Ysgolion Llanfair a Phentrecelyn, the session, concentyrating as it does on one school building only, is likely to go well. Llanfair gets its new school. Pentrecleyn does not.
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