The prestigious Norland College in Bath has been granted permission to build a “communal chillout space” for its students.
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The college, which has an international reputation for training nannies, nursery nurses and other childcare professionals, applied to Bath & North East Somerset Council to build a single-storey extension at its main teaching site in Oldfield Park.
The college’s York Place campus on London Road was previously used for teaching until student numbers grew and Norland moved to its new five-storey teaching and learning facility in 2016, having extended and converted the former Hayesfield School Sixth Form.
The planning application for 39-41 Upper Oldfield Park, where around 240 students are based, said the extension at the rear left corner of the main building will be built of Bath stone. It will have a flat roof and a “minimal” visual impact.
The application said: “The proposal will provide Norland College with a much-needed communal chillout space for students to relax between lessons, spaces which are not available elsewhere in the college buildings.
“This space will have a positive contribution to the well-being and learning of the students attending the college.”
Council planners agreed that the design, siting, scale, massing, layout and materials are acceptable.
