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Search the Public Notice PortalA Hereford warehouse could be about to house a school for children with special needs.
Specialist SEND schools operator Pathway Schools is seeking planning permission (application 242941) to change the use of Impact House in Coldnose Road, a cul-de-sac within the Rotherwas enterprise zone, into a facility for up to 25 pupils and 10 staff.
Herefordshire has “a significant shortfall” of SEND places, which a statement with the application puts at around 400, and Pathway has been “in dialogue” with Herefordshire Council over the project.
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Built in the early 2000s, the unit is currently occupied by Wye Valley Manufacturing which sells medical and funeral care supplies, and which confirmed it is relocating to a larger premises nearby.
“The location and building lends itself for the proposed use, having goods access, parking and the building providing appropriate space,” the application says, adding that a review of the Hereford property market found “limited availability” of suitable premises.
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There would be no alterations to the building’s exterior other than new signs, though new partitions would be installed inside.
As only two staff are currently based at the site, “the proposed change of use will result in a significant increase in employment numbers”, with “peak traffic movements in the morning and mid-afternoon”, the application says.
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But the site already has 18 parking spaces, while its entrance and surrounding roads are designed to accommodate heavy traffic, and a travel plan would be agreed with the council.
London-based Pathway Schools was incorporated as a business in September.
Comments on its application can be made until January 15.
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