Shouldn’t you say ‘No, because..’ to RBC’s four questions?

Check out what RBC and Globe members say about this complicated scheme.

RBC says	Members of Tilehurst Globe say
The part of Blagrave Recreation Ground with Charity status and the ex-nursery school land will be kept as a public recreation ground.	BUT, can you trust them? RBC tried to take 40% of the Rec. before, even though it had Charity status, and who knows what they will do if the school outgrows the allocated space? RBC should commit to safeguarding all the Rec for the future.
Park Lane Junior Department Building on School Road must be sold for development.	RBC should not assume the whole building will be demolished. Some of the building could be kept for public use. The landmark façade could be left. It’s a planning decision. It can happen in Reading’s suburbs like the centre.
The Community gets improved facilities and services by locating the library, health clinic, with the school and nursery in a single design.	We get a library of the required size, primary school on one site & cheaper to maintain, modern nursery school, a community cupboard, public toilets (during library hours), a little rec in Downing rd, an all-weather pitch to rent, and a police office. BUT we lose all spare public land and publicly owned buildings are demolished. The new schools are in the wrong place and not good enough. We get promises of collaborative working, but we don’t get any additional community space e.g for future day- time activities like drop-in clubs, councillors surgeries etc
Traffic will be managed	The traffic is bad now-it will be worse; one mini-roundabout will not help much. Few people will walk to school. Schools are normally located centrally in their catchment area, not like this, right at the edge. National averages for car travel to school are likely to be exceeded not replicated.
The Primary school’s synthetic turf pitch will be available to rent.	The all weather surface and the proximity of toilets are good. However, without any changing facilities, peg-space or lighting the pitch will be of very limited use. Sport England recommend all these should be provided.
We get a new Rec on Downing Rd field (unlikely to be more than 0.2 hectares in size)	Good, a minimum standard for a local play space; all this space should be usable e.g. for a casual game of football, not as shown in the illustrative plan. The odd leftovers unsuitable for houses should not count.
Architects have designed a two-storey building with an internal public pedestrian ‘street’ & large areas to display information.	The frontage on school Rd is disappointing with the ‘internal street’ out of the way, and no entrance on School Rd. The ‘street’ itself is too narrow for display, will not feel safe, and will be closed most evenings, leaving the displays (and the toilets) inaccessible to the public.
Having different service providers ‘under one roof’ increases efficiency. The whole is designed to promote multi-agency working.	The Clinic and nursery serve many primary schools, not just Park Lane. There is not enough reason to locate them in with this particular primary school (especially if space is tight). Exactly where will the family support and information advice for parents and carers be based and occur? We agree there is economy with some co-location, but do not believe enough unoccupied rooms will be available to provide the services needed. The primary school could well be located in Downing Rd with the Nursery and other services at the Laurels.
We will get a modern integrated Primary school on a single site. The new building will be cost effective to maintain and will be able to offer extended services to pupils and the Tilehurst Community	Yes but the school will be built in the wrong place (most children will have to cross a busy main road to get there) The school will not be good enough. It will have few modern facilities. Inadequacies in the indicative plans include: cloakroom and coat space, specialist facilities like science, technology, music storage and I.T. The school will be too small to adapt to changes (e.g. government announcements like extended day activities) There is a bad local record of building inadequately sized schools. The plans show it is not as generously planned as other new schools 20 miles away. Groups with enough income can hire out the school hall already.
Mature trees will be protected	We want detailed confirmation. The plans are misleading. Trees need space to grow, and root must be protected.
Architects plans are illustrative. Traffic and buildings will be subject to consultation later.	The public must have ample chance to comment on all aspects of the scheme as it progresses. Many aspects of the illustrative plans are problematic.
The modern Nursery School will be next to the school reception classes to aid integration	We want to know Blagrave Nursery School will not be swallowed up, and has space to grow into a Children’s Centre. It serves a different catchment area, and is a separate well-regarded nursery school.