en.Wedoany.com Reported - The Cheshire East Council Strategic Planning Committee unanimously approved the £60 million school construction and renovation plan for Sandbach School at its April meeting. The project application was submitted by contractor Bowmer + Kirkland on behalf of the Department for Education. Core elements include the demolition of 10 buildings and the renovation of the Grade II listed Grammar School building and the Lodge building.
These buildings, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, are valuable heritage assets. The work focuses on removing later rear extensions and carrying out a comprehensive refurbishment. The school construction site covers 9.40 acres, located on the west side of Crewe Road in Sandbach, within the town boundary.
The works include: demolishing buildings that have reached the end of their useful life; constructing a new teaching block and a swimming and sports facilities block, with the two buildings connected by a first-floor bridge housing a new music department; refurbishing six existing buildings; creating new pedestrian and cycle paths alongside the existing vehicle access, along with new parking areas and cycle shelters; and implementing new hard and soft landscaping.
A planning statement by DPP noted that the swimming and sports facilities within the 80,000 square feet of new build space in the school construction plan are intended for community use, a factor welcomed at the committee meeting. One councillor commented that it was "great news for Sandbach." Sandbach School is a secondary school with capacity for 1,200 students aged 11 to 16 and 300 sixth-form students, with 205 students currently on the special educational needs register.
The professional team involved in this school construction project includes DPP, Jestico + Whiles, Purcell, Brindle & Green, Atelier Ten, Space Zero, HEXA, Gleeds, Ares, Arup, HPS Consulting, RPS TetraTech, and Environoise.
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