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Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council has approved the plan,
that will partly demolish the hall, to meet growing pupil numbers.
It will house 13 classrooms and six studios for the school
and sixth form. The school said the playground is “underutilised”.
The development would cut the number of rooms in use from
100 per cent to 85 per cent, meaning it could take out “unsuitable” rooms in
the humanities block.
Parking will be reconfigured so spaces remain at 148.
The council said: “The proposal seeks to provide a high
quality and flexible teaching space that will accommodate incremental growth of
the school, where the school roll has increased dramatically since the
introduction of its sixth from in 2010.”
It added: “The proposals have evolved through a robust
consultation process where concerns of key stakeholders have been considered
and accounted for within application submissions.
“Officers have assessed the application with care and are
satisfied that the proposed building will sit comfortably within the school
campus without having a material impact on the existing streetscene or
neighbour amenity.
“The significant separation of the building from Station
Road at 80m as well as shielding of the block by
other existing school buildings combined with the generous frontage vegetation
to the school site, so filtering views, ensures against harm.
“The scheme performs well in terms of sustainability and
improvements to the site are made to pupil and pedestrian circulation areas.”
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