Somerset Council has 'no plans' for school on Frome estate

A large housing estate will not get a primary school its developers had provided funding for.

The Edmund Park site, near Asda supermarket in Frome, Somerset, has 450 homes and was built by Persimmon Homes South West.

A spokesman for Somerset County Council (SCC) said: "We currently have no plans to deliver a new school at Marigold Road."

They added: "The Frome area has enough school spaces for its current need."

Persimmon were granted planning permission for the estate by Mendip District Council in February 2019.

As part of a legal agreement, Persimmon provided £784,466 for a new primary school and nursery at Edmund Park.

The SCC spokesman said: "There is an estimated time limit of June 2026 with which to spend the funds."

Persimmon deliberately left a large space of land free to allow for the proposed school.

Some of this land is being used as a children's play area but now most of it is an overgrown grass bank.

However, the same spokesman added that the school proposal "remains an option that is available to us."

"The land would undergo a full options appraisal should no school be built."

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