New coach ‘turning circle’ proposed for Great Missenden school

Buckinghamshire Council has proposed a new coach turning circle at Buryfield car park in Great Missenden.

It is understood this will help the transport of pupils attending Great Missenden Church of England Combined School, and be “in the corner of the school playing field”.

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It is in response to currently “unsatisfactory provision” for coach turning in the adjacent Great Missenden Parish Council car park, a council document states.

PICTURED: A council made map of the proposed area

Presently, coaches can only go forward or in reverse to the drop-off point in front of the school gates.

“This creates a danger to schoolchildren walking through the car park on their way to and from the school, as coaches have to reverse in their presence,” a council officer wrote.

The turning circle would be accessed via the Link Road car park, according to a council document.

New hedging, fencing, small lamp columns and bollards are also planned.

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Parking spaces in the parish council car park will also be “reconfigured”, according to the report.

“It would form a natural extension of the car park and would not appear to visually encroach onto the wider Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) landscape,” a council officer wrote.

They added: “The main driver for this application is to pursue improvements to highway safety, with particular regard to schoolchildren.”

The matter is due for debate during an East Buckinghamshire Area Planning Committee, on April 6.

The recommendation is to defer to grant conditional permission, subject to a consultation period.

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