‘AGITATION’ has been spared between Knowle residents and Arden School after it removed temporary classrooms this week, a conservation group said.The school removed the classrooms fronting Station Road after a council demand they go had expired.
The Knowle Society said: “Arden School has responded to concerns expressed by Council planners, councillors and especially local residents by removing these temporary classrooms a few weeks after the expiry of planning permission but before wider community agitation became significant.
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“The community will welcome this move as nobody wants to see poor community relations with a very successful local school.”
The school appealed to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in January to keep the classrooms for another two years but this was rejected by the planning committee.
In a letter to parents last month, chair of Governors Dr Celia O'Donovan, said classrooms had been removed over the last decade, leaving the school short of space.
The society said: “The school would prefer to have continued with the use of the extra space, this being despite a recent history of strong growth of new facilities.
“The real issues on this matter from the perspective of the school although aired had not reached the point of widespread debate; most people however will be glad to see the law upheld and a longstanding eyesore addressed.”
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