Where will new primary school places come from now?

When Lancashire County Council agreed to expand Goosnargh Oliverson's last December, cabinet members were told the extra capacity was required in spite of the authority having also agreed to build a brand new primary school on the former Whittingham Hospital site nearby.

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Both developments were deemed necessary to meet the demand for places as a result of high birth rates and new housing sites in the Goosnargh and Grimsargh areas of Preston, together with Longridge, in neighbouring Ribble Valley.

As they acknowledge, the fact that the Goosnargh Oliverson's expansion is no longer on the table means education bosses will now have to look elsewhere to find a way of bridging the gap it leaves behind.

It may also explain the latest in a series of changes to the scale of the planned Whittingham school - on land bordering Henry Littler Way and St. Johns Drive-which has already shifted on more than one occasion.