The development includes a dedicated car park for The March CE Primary School, located close to the entrance of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, including a ‘kiss and drop-off area’ and 40 parking spaces. The school car park incorporates a new road crossing, also funded by Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, in the absence of local authority funding. The development has received overwhelming support from local residents, Chichester District Council and Chichester MP, Gillian Keegan.
Parking outside The March CE Primary School – as for most local schools – has been problematic for many years. The design of the new Rolls-Royce car park has incorporated a dedicated area for the school from the very outset and the company has worked closely with the headteacher, parents and governors to incorporate specific requirements.
Torsten Müller-Ötvös, CEO, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, said: “We are delighted that development of our new car park is now underway formally. The success of the Company and the resultant increase in numbers of skilled men and women working at the Home of Rolls-Royce, at Goodwood, has resulted in the need for additional parking as an integral part of our extended travel plan. We have taken the opportunity to incorporate a dedicated car park for our local school. However, it was not a planning condition, it was our initiative, and it demonstrates our desire to promote child safety and also to be a good neighbour and member of the local community.”
This heartening work and social development is due to be completed by the end of the year.