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#Diggle is THE WRONG LOCATION for the new 1500 pupil #Saddleworth school Please support us & help to get the new school built on its existing site in #Uppermill

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The truth & facts (inc the full J.R report) about the new #Saddleworth School Judicial Review can be found here:https://t.co/jR3oJ3qIGW

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'Environment bosses refuse to support the proposals to move Saddleworth School to a site in Diggle because of flooding fears.'

https://t.co/752s4limFx

Have a look at this recent pic featuring part of the proposed school site identified in the planning app for sports pitches:

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Update:

The Environment Agency have objected to the ‘refreshed’ planning applications for the proposed new 1500 pupil Saddleworth School in Diggle, stating: 'we object to the grant of planning permission and recommend refusal'.

Further info which was obtained via FOI here:

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View the highway plans for the proposed new 1500 pupil #Saddleworth school in #Diggle here: https://t.co/hIhEJyx5np
The stone wall along Huddersfield Rd to be replaced with a 1m high fence
Single file one way traffic lights
15 car parking spaces for parents

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Concrete
Plastic grass
High fencing
Floodlights

Here on Greenbelt in #Diggle #Saddleworth

Object to Oldham Council NOW - info here: https://t.co/qknENXlYj4

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"They are desperately trying to come up with a traffic scheme but it’s unworkable.”
#Saddleworth #Diggle #Dobcross

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Judicial Review Facts:
Mr Justice Kerr reviewed all the evidence and concluded that there was a viable alternative site for the new #Saddleworth School in #Uppermill, on which the ESFA was willing to build and fund the new school buildings.

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Had the Council not blindly taken the ESFA's feasibility study as a thorough comparison of the sites & had sought their own assessment of Cultural Heritage to comply with their statutory obligations, the new #Saddleworth School would now be open in Uppermill.

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Cllr Chadderton is still misleading you & others by not publicly acknowledging:
The major deficiencies in the site selection process
The willingness of the ESFA to fund a new school in Uppermill.
The ability of the Council to instruct the ESFA to build the new school in Uppermill

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Did you know?
There also appears to be no evidence that the Conservation Officer's opinion was ever sought during Oldham Council's 2015 site selection process, as there is no mention of this fact within their #Saddleworth School Site Selection Cabinet Report.

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Did you know?
The Planning Officer's Report made no reference to the Conservation Officer's objections to the planning applications and the Planning Committee members were not made aware of any of the details of her reports by the Planning Officer.

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Did you know?
Oldham Council's own Conservation Officer cannot support the building of the new #Saddleworth school in #Diggle and her detailed reports have never been made public on Oldham Council's Planning Portal.

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Judicial Review Facts:
'The #Uppermill site is a viable alternative which would attract the ESFA's full funding & that both the ESFA & Oldham Council's site selection processes were seriously flawed.'

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Judicial Review Facts:
The court was being asked whether the process followed by Oldham Council in reaching its decision to grant planning permission to build a new #Saddleworth School in #Diggle was lawful.

The court has said clearly and unequivocally that it was unlawful.

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If you previously objected online through OMBC Planning Portal, their system WILL NOT ALLOW you to submit a further revised online objection.We advise you send a letter of objection to:
Planning Dpt
Civic Centre
PO Box 30
West Street
Oldham OL1 1UQ
or:
[email protected]

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Part of the proposed site for the new 1500 pupil #Saddleworth School in #Diggle.
Why would you choose to build the school here when you can build it on the existing site in #Uppermill?

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Please read the Save #Diggle Action Group Winter 2017 Newsletter, which provides vital factual information, together with details of how to object to the planning applications:

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Did you know?

The Education & Skills Funding Agency confirmed to #Diggle residents that the new #Saddleworth School would be built in #Uppermill if requested by Oldham Council.

All you need to know & info on how to object to the applications here: https://t.co/mBKFdCOImt

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This is your walk down the canal in #Diggle if the new #Saddleworth school moves there:
Goodbye #GreenBelt hello plastic grass, fencing and floodlights.

All you need to know on how to object here: https://t.co/qknENXlYj4

*Don't Move Saddleworth School*

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If the new #Saddleworth school comes to #Diggle this is the reality:

'Welcome to Diggle'

Info how to object here: https://t.co/qknENXlYj4

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Part of the proposed site for new #Saddleworth School:

All the FACTUAL info & how to object here:
https://t.co/qknENXlYj4