Palladian Academy Trust is seeking to renew planning permission for a temporary classroom at St Martin’s Garden Primary School at Odd Down in Bath for a further five years to keep pace with pupils’ special educational needs.
The Portakabin has been in situ at the school at Lympsham Green since 2019.
In its application to Bath & North East Somerset Council, the trust says: “Due to an increase in need for specialist provision across the local authority, there is a constant requirement to provide additional special educational need spaces. “
St Martin’s Garden Primary had installed the Portakabin building to provide a specialist classroom to accommodate pupils’ needs as there had been no available space on the campus.
The application says careful consideration was given to the site’s proximity to neighbouring properties when it was erected.
The planning reference is 24th March and the deadline for comments is 26/00677/FUL.
