All-weather pitch for school

Councillors on Peterborough City Council’s planning committee agreed to the project on Tuesday.

The school in Ledbury Road, which currently has 1,800 pupils, can now move ahead with a new all-weather pitch and a two storey detached building to provide a new dining hall and ICT suite.

The Peterborough Telegraph revealed in May that the expansion would cost £7.7 million. However, original plans for 12 metre high floodlights around the all-weather pitch have been scrapped, with the cut-off time for using the pitch set at 8pm during the week.

The redevelopment will also see the number of parking spaces increased by 17.

The council received a petition against the all-weather pitch signed by 121 people and another 122 objection letters.

Conversely, 415 letters of support were also sent in.