Plans for new additional support needs base at Ayrshire school take a step forward

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Plans to expand South Ayrshire Council’s Additional Support Needs (ASN) provision have taken a step forward.A planning application has been submitted, seeking permission for listed building consent in order to re-configure two rooms within Troon Primary School and transform the space into a new ASN base.Ayrshire Live first revealed the proposals back in September, but now the project awaits planning consent before the works can commence.According to the application, the plan is to “amend” the existing layout of two rooms on the ground floor to form ASN base classrooms with associated quiet rooms, sensory room, accessible change facility and staff WC.Refurbishment and decoration works are also planned for the upper rooms within the school.In a supporting statement, the alterations are required to create “secure and safe teaching spaces for pupils with additional support needs.”Sign up for the new Ayrshire Live newsletter!From the latest breaking news to the agenda-setting stories, get it all in your email inbox.Put your email at the top of this article or follow the instructions on this link.As part of the works, security fencing will be erected to create a secure play area within the playground which the ASN pupils can safely use.Along with these proposed works, the opportunity will be taken to “amend existing spaces” to refurbish and decorate other rooms at the same time.One proposal is to alter the position of the reception desk point.The existing reception desk is located facing into the Main Hall of the school.

Upon entering the access doors into the school, it has been noted that visitors can “end up” in the Headteachers Office looking for the reception.The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now.Get all the