Kelsall Avenue Nursery School in Blackburn has been locked in a nine-month dispute with Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council over plans to move it to the site of a new children's centre without a formal public consultation.
Diane Sleigh, chair of governors, said, 'The council made the decision to move the nursery school in June 2005. But it has repeatedly refused to hand over any evidence of its three-year consultation, despite our demands for details under the Freedom of Information Act. We haven't been consulted. We don't believe it took place.'
She said that more than 200 parents had signed a petition to keep the nursery school open.
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