Langley Primary School development update as project takes step forward

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A new building for a Solihull school to support pupils needing additional support is set to take another key step forward. Langley Primary School in Olton originally applied to Solihull Council for permission for the building in February.

The St Bernards Road-based school wants to replace an older single storey modular building with a new single storey building. In the original application KPW Architects wrote: “This new building is to form an additionally resourced provision (ARP) unit to meet the requirements of pupils with additional educational needs and support, who will spend some of their time in the unit, and some within the mainstream teaching of the main buildings on site.

“The proposed amount, scale and density of the development is appropriate to the surroundings and does not impact upon nearby properties.” A floor plan, included with the application, showed space for two sensory rooms, two break out rooms, an office and kitchen.

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During a consultation period which took place in March 2024, neighbouring properties were consulted with no objections made. There were also no objections from others council officers consulted with including highways.

In a report to the authority, council officer Dawn Lloyd wrote: “The reason put forward by Langley Primary School for a new building is that the existing modular building is in a state of disrepair and the building is required for an ARP unit to meet the requirements of pupils with additional educational needs and support. Given the above, the proposal would accord with the (National Planning Policy Framework) to ensure sufficient choice of school places is available to meet the needs of the existing community.”

Permission was granted by Solihull planners in early April. Now KPW has applied to the authority to sign off a preparatory condition which features in the planning permission agreement.

An application to formally ‘discharge’ condition 3 has been submitted to the authority. The condition was for a ‘arboricultural method statement’ to be carried out. This ensure all site operations are carried out with minimum risk of adverse impact upon trees that are being kept.

The latest application includes the statement and, if satisfied, Solihull planners are likely to sign off the condition within 28 days of the application’s submission date, which was September 18.

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