20 homes on site at primary school

Controls on workers as kids come and go

Permission was this week granted to build 20 new houses opposite St Blane’s Primary School in Blantyre.

The proposal was submitted by South Lanarkshire Council housing and technical resources department with the intention to erect the homes and make them available to rent.

And the proposed layout includes a new road from Poplar Place to the north of the site, which would form a continuous loop and would include traffic calming, passing areas, shared spaces and turning areas.

In 2007 detailed planning permission was granted for a new primary school within the existing St Blane’s Primary School grounds.

There were no letters of objection to the building of the 20 houses across from the school but headteacher Pauline Brown submitted a comment.

It said: “I have no objections to the application per se.

“However, due to the site’s close proximity to the school, consideration must be given to matters including the restriction of working hours, noise generation, piling and vibration, dust suppression and traffic management.”

A report presented to South Lanarkshire’s Council’s planning committee said that if the permission was granted conditions would be attached to ensure that no construction vehicles associated with the development would access the site between 8am and 9.15am and also 2.15pm and 3.30pm.

Conditions would also be attached requiring the submission of a traffic management plan, a piling method statement and dust suppression method.

Consideration must be given to the restriction of working hours