SCHOOL Plan Approved

Thursday, 02 September 2010 |

A £5million plan to extend and refurbish a Greenock school was approved by Inverclyde Planning Board.

The development is at Overton Primary School. The completed building will house Overton and Highlanders' Academy primary schools including the Gaelic primary and pre-five units and a nursery class.

Work is expected to start in October and take a year.

A single storey extension covering 814 square metres of floor area providing seven new classrooms including a dedicated music room will be built.

The existing school building will be altered to provide a link corridor to the extension.

It will also be re-roofed and get new double-glazed windows.

The plans include environmental improvement works within the grounds which will involve resurfacing to create new car parking and the formation of a new playground.

Stuart Jamieson, head of regeneration and planning, had recommended approval for the project.

In his report he stated: “The formation of car parking spaces within the school should help to ease parking issues on Drumfrochar Road at the beginning and end of the school day.

“I also consider that the new landscaping will contribute to a better school environment for the pupils.”