New dining hall planned at Wath Academy
A NEW dining area for students at Wath Academy is being planned - but needs approval from Rotherham Council before it can be constructed.
Maltby Learning Trust, which operates the Sandygate academy, has applied for permission to build the new building, which would provide more than 300 metres of internal floorspace.
The site is currently grassed, and unused, with derelict planters and a polytunnel occupying the site.
The area was used as a school garden, previously, planning documents state.
The proposed new structure is described as a ‘canopy’, featuring a curved roof, which would also have glazed walls and entrance doors.
New paths are also being proposed, to link the new facility to the existing school complex.
School time at the academy is within the hours of 7.30am and 3.30pm, with the new building’s use restricted to those times, if approved.
In Swinton, an application has also been made to remove a planning condition on a unit at the Rowms Lane Trade Park, which would allow it to be used for an indoor golf and darts facility.
The application would also extend the opening hours of the unit, which currently has permission for use as a children’s play area or trampoline park.
If approved, it would be able to trade from 9am to 10pm Monday to Saturday, closing at 7pm on Sundays.
Current opening hours are restricted to 9am to 9pm through the week, opening from 10am to 7pm on Sundays.
Those restrictions reflect “the amenity of neighbouring uses”, say planning documents.
Decisions on both applications will be made later.