PARENTS have voted against a community group’s involvement with the rebuild of a 109-year-old primary school.

Building work at Gordonbrock Primary School was due to begin on April 10 but was put on hold after Brockley Society took legal action.

Parents want the school, on Gordonbrock Road in Ladywell, to be rebuilt but the Brockley Society wants to save its Edwardian buildings.

It has put forward its own proposals which would mean refurbishing the buildings rather than replacing them.

During a public meeting with residents, parents and society members, 67 per cent of those who attended voted against the society’s involvement in the re-development of the school.

Father-of-three, Paul Crompton, said: “I fully support the council’s plans. Brockley Society does amazing work but on this incident they have got it completely wrong. ”

Lewisham Council did not conduct an environmental impact assessment for the plans, which it is legally required to do, and this allowed the society to successfully apply for an injunction to delay the building work.

The council now has to submit a new planning application which will delay the work by six months.

Society spokesman Rob Parks said: “We will approach the council and talk to them again about our proposal for the school and try to persuade them to make improvements to the designs.

“We strongly believe we have wide support on this and are doing the right thing.”

A council spokesman said: “In light of parents’ support for the council's plans for Gordonbrock school and their clear opposition to the legal challenge, we hope the Brockley Society will again reconsider its position.”