Detailed plans for development of former golf club as church school

Shropshire Council is being asked to consider a proposal for the former Henlle Park Golf Club, at Henlle, Gobowen.

The plan are part of ambitions for the site to host a school run by the OneSchool Network - set up by the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church.

Permission was granted last summer to allow the change of use from a golf club to a school - and now detailed development plans for the project have been submitted.

The site has been chosen as suitable to relocate the organisation's Newtown School, which is based in the former Sarn Primary School, in the village of Sarn, near Newtown.

Documents submitted which outline the proposal explain plans for surfaced sports pitches, a playing field, a single storey extension to the main school building, recladding of the sports building, an extended junior play area, as well as fencing for the site.

The Plymouth Brethren set up a school network – OneSchool Global in 1994. 

Currently, OneSchool Global educates more than 9,000 students, in over 125 campuses, across 20 countries. In the UK is has 23 School sites across the country.

The application explains that the organisation has outgrown its current site, saying: "The original buildings are poorly insulated and difficult to maintain. Capacity has been increased over the years with the addition of modular buildings which cannot be modified internally to suit the OneSchool Global pedagogy.

"Circulation and access between buildings is poor, the site has very limited parking and is not on any public transport routes. The site is now at absolute capacity. Any field based recreational activity takes place on the publicly owned village playing field or tennis courts. These facilities are public and therefore create a safeguarding issue (students have to share the field with anyone else who choses to use it that day)."

A decision will be taken at a later date.