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× PLANNERS have been questioned over having a ‘gun put to their heads’ - after it was claimed plans for a new temporary school were rushed through at the risk of funding being pulled. The proposals on land off Keresforth Close, near Broadway, were approved at Tuesday’s planning regulatory board meeting. They indicate a temporary school will be opened in September and welcome 180 students aged 11 to 16, followed by a further 180 in 2022. It’s expected a permanent school will be in place by 2023 on the site of the former NHS Keresforth Centre, due for demolition in April. That site will provide 49 car parking spaces for the temporary school, which will be enclosed by a 2.4-metre security fence on a 0.78-acre patch of land. ....