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| People in an area of Cardiff have voted against council plans to build a new school on a local recreation ground. | People in an area of Cardiff have voted against council plans to build a new school on a local recreation ground. |
| In Tuesday's local referendum, 93% voted against the £81m project to build on parkland near Eastern Leisure Centre in Llanrumney. The turnout was 27.6%. | In Tuesday's local referendum, 93% voted against the £81m project to build on parkland near Eastern Leisure Centre in Llanrumney. The turnout was 27.6%. |
| A 1,500-pupil high school building is proposed for the site as part of school reorganisation plans in the city. | A 1,500-pupil high school building is proposed for the site as part of school reorganisation plans in the city. |
| The council is not bound by the result, said that it believed its proposal offered the best solution. | |
| In December, councillors voted to close Llanrumney and Rumney high schools as part of a number of planned schemes by Cardiff council to tackle more than 8,000 surplus places in the city's schools, which currently cost more than £3m each year to fund. | In December, councillors voted to close Llanrumney and Rumney high schools as part of a number of planned schemes by Cardiff council to tackle more than 8,000 surplus places in the city's schools, which currently cost more than £3m each year to fund. |
| The proposals involve building on the Eastern Leisure Centre site, which is on Rumney recreation grounds. | The proposals involve building on the Eastern Leisure Centre site, which is on Rumney recreation grounds. |
| Cardiff Council said the leisure centre would be refurbished as part of the proposals. It is now likely to be a matter for the assembly's education minister as to whether or not these proposals can proceed Cardiff council | Cardiff Council said the leisure centre would be refurbished as part of the proposals. It is now likely to be a matter for the assembly's education minister as to whether or not these proposals can proceed Cardiff council |
| An artificial pitch and three grass pitches on the Llanrumney school site could be made available for public use under the plans to offset the loss of a pitch at Eastern Leisure Centre, the council said. | An artificial pitch and three grass pitches on the Llanrumney school site could be made available for public use under the plans to offset the loss of a pitch at Eastern Leisure Centre, the council said. |
| A public open space would be created over 12.6 acres (5.1 ha), as part of the development and after the closure of the two schools. | |
| But action group Rumney Recreation ground Eastern Leisure centre (RREL) object to the plans. | |
| The vote against the scheme was 3,679, with 251 for. The turnout was 1.3% higher than council elections for the area in 2008.One of the polling stations for the referendum on Tuesday | |
| The action group said they objected to the positioning of the school which would result in the loss of park land. | The action group said they objected to the positioning of the school which would result in the loss of park land. |
| A spokesman for Cardiff council said: "Whilst we hear the view that has been expressed through this poll this does not take away from the analysis that the council's proposal offers the best educational solution. | A spokesman for Cardiff council said: "Whilst we hear the view that has been expressed through this poll this does not take away from the analysis that the council's proposal offers the best educational solution. |
| "There are also concerns that some people may have been misled into believing that Eastern Leisure Centre was under threat from the council's proposals when in fact the proposal is to spend nearly £7m upgrading it. | "There are also concerns that some people may have been misled into believing that Eastern Leisure Centre was under threat from the council's proposals when in fact the proposal is to spend nearly £7m upgrading it. |
| "The council's decision on the way forward for the new school has already been taken and it is now likely to be a matter for the assembly's education minister as to whether or not these proposals can proceed." | "The council's decision on the way forward for the new school has already been taken and it is now likely to be a matter for the assembly's education minister as to whether or not these proposals can proceed." |