FURIOUS residents say they have lost their privacy and their view because mobile classrooms at Stocks Park School, Horwich, have been sited in the wrong place

The two buildings in the school grounds have been erected close to houses on Bond Close instead of on an extended car park near the school, where neighbours say they would not have overlooked their homes.

Now residents are demanding that Bolton Council move the buildings to their correct position and will be asking local councillors to support them at tonight's meeting of Horwich Town Planning Committee.

Bolton MBC will be asking councillors to approve an amendment to the original planning application and allow the mobile classrooms to remain where they are.

Residents say they were assured that the classrooms would not overlook homes. But they are on the same level as bedroom windows.

Mr Patrick Kelly, of Bond Close said: "Anyone in the classrooms has a clear view into the bedrooms on Bond Close and they obscure our view of Rivington Pike. All the residents are up in arms about this."

Mr Ian Blackmore, also of Bond Close, accused Bolton Council of deceitfulness and says he suspects the council did not have any intention of siting them anywhere else.

"I want to see them come down and be re-sited where they should be. What annoys me is that if we were building something and it was wrong, the council would have no qualms whatsoever in telling us to take it down," added Mr Blackmore.

Cllr Mrs Barbara Ronson said she had received a lot of objections from residents. She said they should have been consulted before the buildings were sited.

A Bolton Council spokeswoman admitted that the classrooms had been positioned in a "slightly different" place but said this was likely to be because of building and fire regulations.

She said: "Letters will be going out to nearby residents explaining what has happened. There will be another consultation period to give residents the chance to voice their opinions."

The classrooms have been installed to accommodate youngsters from Lostock Special School following a merger.

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