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10 Ballaterson Road, Peel, Isle of Man IM5 1BJ Tel: 426277 email: [email protected]
Existing Site The site represents the curtilage of QEII High School which lies on the north east side of Douglas Road at the south east outskirts of Peel town centre. The school is a large building encompassing modern elements and with a sports hall, outdoor tennis courts, playing fields and a football sized synthetic pitch all within its curtilage. The site lies within an area designated on the Peel Local Plan of 1989 as Queen Elizabeth II High School and is designated as Education. It is included within the Draft Area Plan for the North & West as ‘SS’, for Secondary School on Map 6, Peel.
The curtilage of the QEII High School is a sizeable area which fronts onto Douglas Road to the south west, has agricultural fields to the south east and residential development to the north east and north west. The school has staff and pupil parking provision on-site located to the south east & south west of the school buildings with additional parking provision to the rear (north east). The school building has been extended several times and has utilised mobile structures as required over previous years.
The application site is a grassed area located to the south east of the main school buildings, with the synthetic football pitch to the south east and tennis courts to the north east. The grassed area fronts onto a staff & pupil car park which is separated from Douglas Road by a grass bank and several trees and large shrubs. Planning approval has been granted for a single mobile classroom unit to be sited on the application site (PA ref: 23/00815/B), adjacent to the proposed mobile.
Photographs of the application site and boundary with Douglas Road have been included as part of this planning application for reference.
Proposals This application seeks full planning approval for the installation of a mobile classroom building, containing two classrooms with toilet facilities to the east of the main school buildings and the recently approved mobile classroom unit.
The proposed mobile classroom building will be purchased from Springfield Portable Accommodation in the UK for use within the QEII grounds (a similar classroom unit was installed at Castle Rushen High School last summer 2023). The new mobile classroom unit will be provided with a disabled access ramp and steps suitable for ambulant disabled in accordance with current regulations.
The proposed application site was used to accommodate mobile classrooms in the early 2000’s although these were removed as extensions were completed and occupied. The new mobile classroom is to be within the curtilage of the school and will not intrude into the playing fields or outdoor sports facilities. The application site is currently used as open space and this will be reduced as part of this application however there is ample provision for open space elsewhere within the school grounds. We believe there will be no adverse impact as a result of the installation of this mobile structure and the application site has been chosen because it has accommodated mobile classrooms in the past.
The double classroom mobile is needed for September ‘24 to provide additional accommodation at the school. The school roll has risen steadily over recent years from 736 in 19/20, to 822 in 22/23, to a current roll of 886. The school anticipate a September ‘24 roll of circa 915-920. Our stated permanent capacity of the school is 898.
The increasing roll has been anticipated, further to the extensive housing development in the town over some 25 years. The proposed QEII Science and Technology block scheme (currently still in design), to be located to the west of the school, is the second phase in our plan to increase the school capacity to six-form entry / circa 1050 capacity, following on from the completion of the Deans Building in 2008. There is a requirement to provide additional temporary capacity for the growing school roll, pending further progression, construction and occupation of the new Science and Technology building, when such temporary provision would be removed.
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