A primary school has applied to have new facilities built to improve its resources for SEND children.

Windsor’s Hilltop First School is looking to build a single-storey front extension with a nursery play area and new fencing and gates.

The proposed works would also add three extra car parking spaces to the site.

The design and access statement reads: “The proposals are for internal refurbishment and alterations to accommodate a Resource Base for existing SEND pupils, and for a single-storey extension to the north-east of the main school building to create space to relocate the original nursery functions of the remodelled SEN base.”

This Resource Base would include two new group rooms, a sensory room, an office and toilet facilities.

The school itself does not fall within the Green Belt or any conservation areas and is situated in a mostly residential neighbourhood.

It provides education for younger pupils between the ages of three and nine.

The statement adds: “The proposed single storey extension will create space to relocate the original nursery playroom of the remodelled SEN base. It will also provide additional WCs for the pupils.

“An external decking area for the nursery is proposed for external play. A new fence and gates are proposed to the north of the proposed extension to segregate the nursery external informal soft play area with the rest of the school play area.”

It further states that 10 new pupils are expected to join the school to make use of these new facilities, as well as three more members of staff.

The statement reads: “The use of the site will remain as existing: educational.

“There is no proposal for change of use. The proposed refurbishment will improve the existing resource base for pupils with special education needs and disabilities.”

To find out more about this planning application, visit RBWM’s planning portal with the reference 23/02835/FULL.