I visited the public exhibition last week to view fresh proposals to build a bilingual school (which will eventually house up to 630 pupils, 50 staff and ancillary workers in a small site with 12 car parking spaces) at the end of a cul de sac.

As Colin Beard states (Letters, February 28), nothing has changed, other than the height of the building has been reduced, resulting in a wider footprint.

I expected to see evidence of proposals to tackle the major issue highlighted in residents’ objections and a feature of the council’s decision to throw out the previous proposal last year, namely the ludicrous travel plan. This relied on vastly over-estimated parking spaces in Goldstone Crescent for pick-up/put-down of pupils, a misleading statement of the parking available at Corals Greyhound Stadium and an inflated calculation of bus services to the site.

There were numerous placards extolling the virtue of bilingual schools, the proposed floor plans, identification of badger sets, but no mention of a travel plan. When questioned, a presenter had no information at all and, just as last year, could give no time line or date for the planning application to be presented.

Arthur Green, Chairman of Goldstone Residents’ Association