EXTRA FENCING TO BE INSTALLED TO HELP CLEETHORPES SCHOOL EXCLUDE VANDALS

                                                          

St Peter's Primary - the proposed weldmesh fencing will be additional to the timber

PLANNING consent has been granted for steel weldmesh fencing to be installed outside a Cleethorpes primary school to keep out ne'er-do-wells.

In its application, St Peters C of E Primary School said: "The existing timber boundary fences are not high enough to prevent unwanted access on to the school site, and the school has regularly suffered from intruders who cause damage and vandalism."

It added: "A higher fence is also required in order to safeguard the children and to provide them with a safe and secure play area." 

It is understood the new fencing will be two metres high and black and that existing timber fencing will be retained. 

The Grimsby News says: It is disappointing that the planning case officer who determined this application did not impose a condition stipulating some complementary landscaping such as the planting of trees, a hedgerow or wildflower strips to attract butterflies, bees and other pollinators. Too many of our schools are set in environs that are harsh and unlovely. It is time local educationalists - teachers and governors - thought a bit more creatively about ways to inspire their pupils.