Green light for 'affordable' homes plan at 'tatty' old school
Plans for 16 affordable homes at a "tatty" old school site have been given the green light.
At a meeting of Powys County Council’s Planning, Taxi Licensing and Rights of Way committee on Thursday, councillors received an application from the authority itself for the redevelopment of the former Gungrog school in Welshpool.
The plan was for the demolition of the school building to make way for the affordable homes, which will be made up of 12 one-bedroom bungalows and four two-bedroom bungalows.
Senior planning officer Lorraine Jenkin said: “It’s been brought to committee as this is a major application and the land is owned by Powys County Council.”
Ms Jenkin told councillors that former school had been broken into, was starting to look “tatty” and is becoming a problem for the area.
Ms Jenkin explained that a condition would be added to the planning permission to set aside which houses would be “officially designated” as official affordable housing “in perpetuity” even though “in reality” they all would be.
