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Members of several community groups in Southwater are in celebratory mood after winning their fight to retain use of Easteds Barn. They were out in force at a meeting of Horsham District Council’s planning committee on Tuesday night, with many speaking out against plans for the barn to become an infants school. Despite the general support of the village community, members of art, yoga, bridge and various other clubs were in danger of losing what they labelled a “lifeline” facility. But the ones who ultimately lost out were the applicant, Montessori School. The school currently operates at Church Lane, Southwater, where the lease expires in 2011, and it is currently unclear what - if any - alternatives are available to the school and the young people using it. Throughout the campaign process, those fighting to save the barn, located in Easteds Lane, for the community in-
sisted they had no gripe with Montessori. Instead, their anger was primarily directed at Southwater Parish Council. The parish council, recently criticised for its lack of objection to housing development plans proposed in the village, has not boosted its popularity in the community by supporting the application. At Tuesday night’s meeting, objector Mike Robins of Cedar Drive, Southwater, said: “Worthy though Montessori might be, it would serve a very small part of the community. “The barn was intended for our whole community and we surely deserve better than to have our open space given away for a pot of gold - dare I say 30 pieces of silver.” But a spokeswoman for Montessori said, while supporting the application: “It’s often those that shout the loudest that get heard. But (our children) do not shout, but they do deserve to be heard.”
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