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Edgware synagogue, schoolMiddlesex, UK - A resident living near a school set up without planning permission in a synagogue in 2006 have welcomed restrictions to the way it is allowed to operate.
Councillors agreed to allow the school in Mowbray Road, Edgware, to continue to operate but put a raft of strict conditions on it to prevent further nuisance to residents.
At a planning meeting last month Jeanne Stein, who lives next to the school built in two semi-detached houses, told the committee the school had made her life “intolerable”.
She said parents dropping off children, the noise from youngsters at playtime and flooding in her neighbour’s garden caused by tarmacking over the back gardens of the property.
Among the conditions are noise screening through acoustic fences and bushes, as well as flood mitigation and strict restrictions on when the playground can be used.
Ms Stein told the Times Series: “I think it’s the best we could have asked for as it was obvious they weren’t going to close the school down altogether.
“It shows the councillors had taken on board what we were unhappy with. If they hadn’t given permission there could have been a lot of appeals and it would have cost the council a lot of money.
“I will not say I’m happy, the best thing would be if there were no school at all, but it shows them they cannot just ride roughshod over planning laws.”
Tory Councillor Brian Gordon attended the meeting to show support for the school, which received a good report from Ofsted last year.
He said: “I supported the application because I think all communities need to have good schools and this is a good school.
“I’m delighted the planning committee granted consent and I wish the school well in its future endeavours.”
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Mar 10, 2010 at 08:05 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
These stories about schools and yeshivot operating illegally and ignoring the building codes and zoning laws have become so frequent that its becoming the norm like the stories we read every few days about another Rubashkin or Dwek. Why don't they follow the rules or are the rules only for goyim??
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Mar 10, 2010 at 09:27 PM CYNIC Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ These stories about schools and yeshivot operating illegally and ignoring the building codes and zoning laws have become so frequent that its becoming the norm like the stories we read every few days about another Rubashkin or Dwek. Why don't they follow the rules or are the rules only for goyim?? ”
To be fair, if it bleeds it leads. Do we ever read reports of schools or businesses following all rules & regulations? There are far more that do than don't. We just don't hear about them.
Good news doesn't attract comment.
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Mar 11, 2010 at 01:58 AM ofteninedgware Says:Report as Inappropriate
There is another schoo; next door, so I'm not really sure that this school creates a problem.