It is expected to open next year
A new Nottingham school with more than 1,000 spaces will be built despite concerns it looks like a 'prison'. Demolition work has been under way at Nottingham College’s former Clarendon campus off Mansfield Road since August 2022 in preparation for the construction of a 1,200 place new secondary school called Bluecoat Trent, which has now been given the go-ahead by Nottingham City Council's planning committee.
In the meeting, Councillor Angela Kandola, Labour representative for the Berridge ward, argued the building "looks like a prison". In response the committee was told at the end of the day "it is a school" which is being delivered on a budget.Councillor Ethan Radford, Labour representative for Bulwell, raised different concerns over the impact on the "horrendously congested junction" on Mansfield Road and added it would only put extra strain on public transport.
Initial plans for the site would have seen the building be three storeys high with a two storey sports hall to its southern end. But design concerns were raised during the planning consultation, relating to the massing and location of the new building, with worries over the new sports hall obscuring the main entrance to the academy building.
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