Councillors get plans for parking and drop-off at school on the road

Plans to create a car parking and bus drop-off facility at Bishopton’s Dargavel Primary School will drive forward after the green light was given by Renfrewshire Council’s planning department.

- JACK THOMSON, LOCAL DEMOCRACY REPORTER

The local authority has been granted planning permission, subject to conditions, for the project on vacant land to the east of the building in Arrochar Drive.

A pedestrian walking route will also be incorporated into the area which aims to provide a space for safe drop off and pick up away from the often busy road.

Explaining the background, an operational statement said: "The site is proposed to operate between the hours of 8am to 8.30am for secondary school pick up for a small number of buses, up to five in total.

"This allows sufficient time for buses to depart to arrive at relevant secondary schools.

"From the hours of 8.30am, with a peak seen around 8.45am, the site would operate as a drop off for primary school with cars able to park in appropriate bays and spaces to avoid the current inappropriate and dangerous parking seen on Arrochar Drive.