A SCHOOL'S ambitious plans for a multi-million pound move look set to fail for a second time.

St Wilfrid's High School desperate search for a new site looks likely to continue because Blackburn town hall bosses are urging councillors to block the latest move. Governors at St Wilfrid's sparked uproar when they applied for planning permission to build a new school on playing fields in Feniscliffe.

The school wants to move because its buildings, which are rapidly crumbling, are split between two sites.

A residents' campaign, which won the support of Lord Taylor of Blackburn, ended when the school withdrew its application at the last minute.

The governors have now gone back to the town hall to seek permission a second time.

But the bid looks set to fail with planning officials opposed to the latest move. More than 150 residents have written calling for the application to be refused.

Local people are unhappy about the extra traffic which a busy school with over 1,000 pupils would bring.

There are also fears a large school would cause a lot of noise and disturbance in Feniscliffe and local amenities would also suffer.

Planning chiefs are urging the application is turned down because of the impact it would have on the area.

They also argue the proposed site, owned by the school, is popular with the local community.

Councillors will discuss the application at a planning and highways meeting tomorrow.

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