Latest on plans for new Centre For Learning in empty Hull building
Plans to create a Centre For Learning in an empty Hull city centre building could soon take a major step forward.
The proposal to refurbish the former Derek Crothall Building, in Charlotte Street Mews, off George Street, to create a city centre training hub will be discussed at a cabinet meeting next week.
Hull City Council says the Centre For Learning would enhance its broader investment in education and learning, as well as improving accessibility for more residents across the city. It would also enable the relocation of council corporate services, with Hull Training and Adult Education (HTAE) and Learning & Development (L&D) set to occupy the site.
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The building has been vacant since Hull Trinity House Academy moved to the former Endeavour School site in September 2023 to address secondary school sufficiency shortages within the Hull boundary. HTAE and L&D have since been temporarily housed in the Avenues Centre and Brunswick House respectively, with HTAE's engineering department based at Dane Park Road.
The council's cabinet will review the plans and decide whether to allocate £2.4m of capital funding required for the £5.6m project to finalise designs and enter into a contract with Hull Esteem Consortium LEP for the works.
Cllr Linda Tock, portfolio holder for learning skills and safeguarding children, said: "This refurbishment proposal would provide an opportunity for the relocation of HTAE and L&D to one central hub.
"In addition, it would also bring a range of learning, development and skills provision in a more accessible way."
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