Neighbours have slammed plans for a school to stay at temporary accommodation for another year.

The Department for Education has applied for planning permission on behalf of The Heights school for another year at the two temporary buildings on Gosbrook Road.

Neighbours, commenting on the application, have complained about traffic, pollution, noise, anti-social behaviour and the school taking up green space.

The primary school has occupied the site for the last five years but will move to a permanent site at Mapledurham Playing Fields in 2021.

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The permanent move to Mapledurham Playing Fields is controversial itself, with some members of the community failing in their attempt to block the plans with a high court challenge.

Existing planning permission for the temporary site at 82 Gosbrook Road  requires the buildings to be removed by August 31, 2020.

The latest application seeks to extend that by one year, with the school expected to be ready by August 2021.

Another neighbour, Jessica Monteith-Chachuat, slammed the use of the green space, saying she cannot understand why the council re-allocated community green space “that is meant for use by those with Victorian terrace gardens and living in balcony-free apartment blocks”.

She said the school has not maintained the Westfield Green space and “all winter the fenced off area in Westfield Park was a mud-pit”.

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Carole Landon added: “Yet again the use of a green area being taken over by this school. Local residents should have access to all the area.”

Other neighbours have criticised the congestion and pollution caused by the school.

One neighbour said: “The retention of the school in this heavily congested and  polluted area will simply add to the congestion and pollution for those who live near the park and surrounding roads which seems very unfair.

“A school bus to bring the pupils from Caversham Heights to Gosbrook Road would be a solution but was dismissed previously by Karen Edwards as the congestion near the school may have made the pupils late. The irony.

“If The Heights is to stay for another year I think the school bus idea needs to be revisited.”

Another neighbour said: “The burden of additional traffic and parking requirements of parents from The Heights is felt by local residents every school day regardless of any policies they write.

“Whatever the school does to encourage sustainable transport, they cannot force these parents and carers to behave in a socially responsible way.

“I have been verbally abused outside my house for asking parents to move their car out of my resident’s bay, one more than one occasion.

“I would like to see more done to prevent these parents from parking in our bays, which will become all the more precious with the introduction of the new one-way system on Westfield Road."

The neighbour also said that some parents “assist their children to urinate in the trees that border Westfield Park” and has asked the school to ensure this happens as far as possible from the playpark.

Other complaints include noise issues, with Paul Gilford saying a faulty alarm wakes him and his wife up in the middle of the night.

He also complained about the  school’s excessive use of Elizabeth House – a private access road – for deliveries.