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I am feeling a bit out of my depth and hope some of you can offer one advice.
I live at Badersfield ex RAF Coltishall, the residents own the roads and grounds for which we pay £830 plus each per year in management fees. The local authorities have with backing of Heritage England placed a conservation status on the area, additionally the residents have article 4 orders placed on our homes so we are extremely limited to what we can do. There is a short stay school here which is owned by the education authority and is an academy, they enjoy the benefits of being here but do not contribute any fees. We are lucky in that there is an abundance of trees and open spaces along with an RAF Memorial garden adjoining the school and opposite our homes. Around a month ago the school erected a multi coloured MUGA (multi use games area) on a piece of grass adjoining our road and opposite the homes, this looks more like a fair ground attraction being multi coloured and certainly not suitable for this environment. At first the local authority planners said schools have permitted rights but should take into consideration any local conditions, later it transpired that as the school had become an academy they no longer benefit from these rights and the school was told to cease all work until matter resolved, only the surface needs putting down to complete the work. Agents for the school have met with the planning officer and we expect retrospective application soon. We get the feeling rightly or wrongly that we could be stitched up on this, I get this impression from speaking with a planning officer from another authority. Sorry for long post but bear with me. There are so many reasons this should not be allowed to stay, as residents we put up with the pupils who sometimes run amok shouting and swearing so a play area this close to us and the memorial seems so wrong. The school deeds have covenants not to cause noise or nuisance but of course to enforce them requires hiring solicitors for which funds are not available. The school seemingly care not a jot for the environment or their neighbours and of course would use public money (our money) to fight anything we come up with.
The neighbours will of course object to this structure but we get the feeling this may be a slam dunk.
Are there any groups or people who can help us fight this?
Any advice would be very much appreciated, and thanks for bearing with me.
I live at Badersfield ex RAF Coltishall, the residents own the roads and grounds for which we pay £830 plus each per year in management fees. The local authorities have with backing of Heritage England placed a conservation status on the area, additionally the residents have article 4 orders placed on our homes so we are extremely limited to what we can do. There is a short stay school here which is owned by the education authority and is an academy, they enjoy the benefits of being here but do not contribute any fees. We are lucky in that there is an abundance of trees and open spaces along with an RAF Memorial garden adjoining the school and opposite our homes. Around a month ago the school erected a multi coloured MUGA (multi use games area) on a piece of grass adjoining our road and opposite the homes, this looks more like a fair ground attraction being multi coloured and certainly not suitable for this environment. At first the local authority planners said schools have permitted rights but should take into consideration any local conditions, later it transpired that as the school had become an academy they no longer benefit from these rights and the school was told to cease all work until matter resolved, only the surface needs putting down to complete the work. Agents for the school have met with the planning officer and we expect retrospective application soon. We get the feeling rightly or wrongly that we could be stitched up on this, I get this impression from speaking with a planning officer from another authority. Sorry for long post but bear with me. There are so many reasons this should not be allowed to stay, as residents we put up with the pupils who sometimes run amok shouting and swearing so a play area this close to us and the memorial seems so wrong. The school deeds have covenants not to cause noise or nuisance but of course to enforce them requires hiring solicitors for which funds are not available. The school seemingly care not a jot for the environment or their neighbours and of course would use public money (our money) to fight anything we come up with.
The neighbours will of course object to this structure but we get the feeling this may be a slam dunk.
Are there any groups or people who can help us fight this?
Any advice would be very much appreciated, and thanks for bearing with me.