PLANS for the biggest nursery
in Knowle and Dorridge have been revised to cut staff and add more parking
following concerns from highway bosses.
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The Natural Childcare Company
has submitted a revised planning application for Bentley Manor, Box Trees Road,
Dorridge to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council.
It development would include
a café, a children’s hair dresser, beauty room, training room and “party room”.
Following concerns from its
highways department, it now proposes 30 parking spaces instead of 23 in its
previous January application and 25 instead of about 30 staff.
The department said the
visibility is obstructed at the entrance because of vegetation and the bend of
the 50mph road, which had no footpath.
It also said it had not been
shown the site would provide “sufficient parking”.
The nursery firm said extraparking had been found by demolishing a garage and putting five spaces on a
grassed area. “Financial incentives” will be offered for staff to car share it
said.
It said parent visits are
staggered and accumulation of cars would be “very low” and vegetation has been
trimmed back. This means the visibility has been “dealt with” it said.
The building – currently
offices – would take children aged up to five from 7.30am to 12.45pm
or 1pm to
6pm or all day.
The firm said the facility is
needed as there are currently two children for every nursery place in Knowle,
Dorridge and Hockley Heath.
The planning application
seeks permission from Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council to change the building’s
official use from offices to education.
To see the new application click here and enter 2013 and 646 in the two boxes.
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