Low Moor Farm - Labour betray Morley Folk again!

I have reacted angrily to Leeds City Councils recent planning decision to grant planning permission for 200 houses on Low Moor Farm in Morley which will leave Morley children receiving a second class education. This further Labour Betrayal - the Tories, Greens and MBIs voted against it - is exactly what we expect but on this occasion they entirely ignored their own comrade Neil Dawson who also opposed it. Shows you what influence he has on his own Party!

Children’s Service, who sort out places for local children at primary schools across Morley, have already confirmed that there are 30 children who cannot be guaranteed places at local primary schools next year. This planning decision, supported only by Labour councillors, will generate an additional 50 primary school children who cannot be offered a primary school place across Morley as all primary schools are full!

As schools are already full the only way of providing primary education is by craning in portacabins to accommodate the children generated by the development.

It is accepted by most educationalists that educating children in portacabins has a detrimental impact on the learning experience for children. This decision resigns Morley children to a second class education. Labour Leeds City Council allows developers to rip up more Morley Greenfield sites without having the infrastructure – schools, roads and health centres – to accommodate the additional residents these new housing estates bring.