This week’s Southport Champion is reporting teenagers, believed to be from Greenbank and Birkdale High School, are entering our school building to take illegal highs in the form of nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas.
According to the article, used canisters have been found on the property. Some residents have reported seeing students, still in their school uniform, climbing over fences and getting onto the site. Evidence has been given to Merseyside Police and the Champion investigation also found discarded bottles of alcohol and graffiti.
The Champion article says Councillor Tony Dawson has raised this issue with the local PCSO. He also believes a Repairs Notice under Section 48 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 should be served on the owners setting out the repairs needed to preserve the listed building.
Greenbank High Headteacher Ian Raikes told the Champion the concern about pupils being on the Lancaster Road site has been addressed through assemblies to encourage students not to visit or to put themselves in danger.