PARKING on the school run could be made easier at a village primary school – if plans for a new car park are approved.

A Jestyn Coke Chartered Surveyors, on behalf of Hazelbury Bryan Primary School, have applied to Dorset Council for permission to create space for vehicles near the current buildings.

A 30-space car park – and occasional coach parking area – would be developed on green space off Droop, in Hazelbury Bryan.

Currently, cars line the small rural roads around the site, the application said, creating “issues around the lack of parking provision at the school, which provide a strong justification for taking action”.

“The car parking area has been located as close as possible to the school buildings to minimise the land-take necessary,” it went on.

How the new car park could be laid out, if plans are approved. Picture: A Jestyn Coke/Dorset Council

“At the same time, the parking and paved areas will improve access to the playing fields for users, and dedicated disabled parking spaces will be marked up on an existing parking area to the front of the school, where the distance to classrooms is shortest.

“The new parking area will itself provide a flexible space for cycle training when the site is secured.”

The scheme would see some hedgerows and land designated as playing fields lost, the plan added.

“However, the planting of trees, species-rich hedgerow, and additional measures will result in an overall net gain in biodiversity,” it said.

For more details on the proposals, and to comment, log on to the Dorset Council website and search for application reference P/FUL/2024/03602.