An Edinburgh school with unique outdoor learning balconies is set to be given the go ahead.
The City of Edinburgh Council look set to give the plan the green light at a meeting next week.
The Development Management Sub Committee have recommended that permission be granted for the new learning facility and sport pitches, nursery and attached GP surgery at Turnhouse Road in Edinburgh.
Edinburgh Live reported last week that a new housing development had been approved at the site despite objections from the local community.
Now the new school, Maybury Primary, looks like it is set to be built.
The proposal includes a single building which would include the primary school, nursery and health centre in three distinctive zones of the building.
The primary school design has two phases with an overall capacity for 630 pupils, and the first phase would deliver space for 420 pupils.
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An extension to the building in phase two at its east elevation would facilitate space for an additional 210 pupils.
The nursery would have capacity for 128 children and the GP surgery will have capability to provide services for up to 10,000 patients.
A main access at the north elevation of the building will be used for all uses in the building and there will be a lobby area with reception and administrative spaces and a ‘Changing Places’ room.
Several spaces and rooms are designed to be shared for school and community use.
The health centre is located at the north-west part of the building and includes GP consulting rooms as well as administrative space at the ground floor level. The nursery is located at the west of the building at ground floor level.
On the planning application a spokesperson for the City of Edinburgh Council explained more about the outdoor learning.
They said: “For outdoor learning at the primary school, a first-floor balcony at the south elevation of the building provides two outdoor learning platforms and there is an outdoor classroom auditorium in the school grounds within the external landscaped amenity area to the rear of the school.
“Other outdoor spaces for the primary school includes a 3g sports pitch within the south-east of the site area, amenity grass space and landscaped areas with play equipment, a woodland planting area, a sandpit and mounding for active play. A sensory garden with seating and a raingarden area with a polytunnel and raised planters is also proposed.”
