MODERN study and sports facilities could be built at one of the county's oldest schools.

Plans to update the Elms School in Colwall Green have been submitted to Herefordshire Council.

A theatre and environmental study centre are proposed, along with a junior boarding house and all-weather hockey pitch.

The Elms was founded in 1614, and is thought to be the oldest prep-school in the UK on its original site.

Comments are still welcomed on the plans, drawn-up by Amber Project Management Ltd, of Little Hereford.