Public Consultation Meeting – Kelly Street Children’s Centre – 02.06.16

SURNAME / FORNAME / Title / QUESTION / RESPONSE
1 / xxx / xxx / Member of community / Will the development of the site be looked at as a whole or has it been looked at just to re-house the nursery? / Looked at primarily for creating nursery accommodation. New nursery seemed a good use of the site. Other parts of the site will be available for other uses but no detail on this
2 / xxx / xxx / Parent / Timescale – When will the move take place? / Need consultation first. The Hub process to determine design team. Design phase. Planning process. Hopefully new build complete first quarter of 2018.
3 / xxx / xxx / Parent / Plans look great and exciting. Is there room for outdoor play? / Whole campus would fit in 1 new playroom. This gives idea of scale of drawing. Explanation using power point to identify significant areas for outdoor learning.
4 / xxx / xxx / Parent / Would the children be moved to another building during the move? / No decant required. Move is usually carried out over weekend, holiday period. Education Services can apply for exceptional closure. This can be for 3 days but a recent move only required a one day closure.
5 / xxx / xxx / Parent / Will there be car parking for parents as traffic may impact on residents. / Inverclyde Council Policy doesn’t encourage parents to use car parks for children’s safety. Staff car parking and disabled parking will be part of the design. Wide streets around site ad start / finish times are staggered so this should help ease the situation.
Rigorous design development will look at traffic issues and involve road and road safety tear.
6 / xxx / xxx / Future parent / Is there a possibility that in front of new nursery will be a building site in the future? / School Estates are well experiences in dealing with these types of situations and would ensure safety at all times. It will be Inverclyde Council’s planning departments decision on what the land would be used for it is likely that new buildings would be a staged effect and would not impact on nursery views etc.
Construction work happening in other establishments Local Authority ensure that trucks / constructions do not impact on services. No plans known for other development on area.
There can be a level of noise but there are actions that can minimise this.
7 / xxx / xxx / Parent / How many children will be accommodated in the new building? / Plan is for Kelly Street to remain at current capacity with addition of 2/3 years places.
Scottish Government plan to increase Early Learning and Childcare in 2020/21 has not been factored into this development.
8 / xxx / xxx / Member of Community / Budget Design – is there enough money in budget given that site is in conservation area? / Work closely with planners. Confident could have a building in keeping with conservation area.
9 / xxx / xxx / Member of Community / Positive impact on school / Agreed that this is a benefit of the new building. St Mary’s School will benefit from additional accommodation and it would positively impact on the refurbishment plans.