A CITY school has been given permission to build a new classroom.
Regency High School will be able to replace one of the temporary classrooms it is currently using with a more permanent addition.
The special educational needs school in Carnforth Drive was told last year to take on more pupils by Worcestershire Children’s First, which runs children’s services in the county, to help meet a shortage of special educational needs places across Worcestershire.
Four temporary buildings were installed on its playground as a quick fix.
But the process of replacing those classrooms is now underway.
Worcester City Council has approved plans for an extension containing a classroom and resources space.
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It has also said the school should update its School Travel Plan.
Planning officers said in their decision report: “The school recognises that there will be local traffic impact during construction work and space in the existing car park needs to be allocated for the contractor’s welfare facilities and parking.
“The site activities should not last for more than 12 to 14 weeks and for most days there should only be two or three additional vehicles on site.”
The secondary school had said its most recent extensions were built in 2007, providing eight new classrooms, and in 2018 creating an additional four.
City planners said the latest proposals “would not detract unacceptably from the character or appearance of the surrounding area and provide the needed space for the increasing number of pupils”.
Worcestershire County Council has said it is working with schools around the county in a bid to increase the number of special educational needs places.
Governors at Fort Royal Community Primary School warned earlier this year that a lack of special education needs and disability places could have “dire consequences” for vulnerable children.
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