H&F Conservatives find new site for Fulham Boys School
Greg Hands MP and H&F Conservative Councillors have written to theLeader of H&F Council today suggesting a new site for Fulham BoysSchool.Watermeadow Court on Townmead Road, London SW6 2RW is currently anempty housing estate, owned entirely by the council - which could bereleased very quickly to save the school from having to send pupilsexpecting to start this September away to other schools.The site is currently derelict and unoccupied, with no existingplanning applications or planning permissions and entirely within theCouncil’s direct ability to sell with no complications.Geographically the site is in south Fulham, easily accessible by busand train and easily walkable from a large proportion of SW6postcodes.Commenting, H&F Council Conservative Group Leader Cllr Greg Smithsaid, "With the new Labour Council having stopped the permanent siteFulham Boys School were expected to take over from being available,local Conservatives are determined to help the Governors of the schooland local parents find a new site to get the school open as soon aspossible. The Watermeadow Court site is one entirely in the gift ofthe council and having said they support the school, I seriously hopethey now do everything they can to make the land available.”Fulham MP Greg Hands added: “I met the Schools Minister again thisweek, and he was clear that for Fulham Boys School to be givenapproval and funding, it needs to show it has an excellent chance ofsecuring a permanent site. This new site has huge advantages: it isowned by the Council; it is effectively empty and not in use; it hasno existing planning permissions granted and it is very well located.Let us see if the Council will work with us, even at this very latehour, to do the right thing for the parents of the Fulham BoysSchool.”The letter to Cllr Cowan can be read here:http://www.scribd.com/doc/233478386/Letter-to-Stephen-Cowan-re-Fulham-Boys-SchoolMore details here:http://hammersmithfulhamforum.com/2014/07/11/hf-conservatives-propose-watermeadow-court-as-alternative-site-for-fulham-boys-school/
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