The works are not expected to impact the local area
Extension work at a Cardiff high school has been given the go-ahead. Cardiff Council has approved plans to build a two-storey toilet block extension and an additional single-storey toilet extension at Corpus Christi High School in Lisvane. In addition internal works will be carried out to provide two further accessible toilets within the wider building. The application, lodged by the high school, says there is currently insufficient toilet capacity for the number of existing students.
It continues: “The site is located within Corpus Christi Catholic High School main campus and will be tucked away out of view from public walkways/streets.”
The application goes on to say that there will not be any noise impact. Never miss a Cardiff story by signing up to our daily newsletter here.
The council planning officer’s report reads: “[The works] are located within the central area of the site and will not have any impact on neighbouring occupiers.”
It continues: “The works relate to the provision of accessible and additional toilets and associated facilities and do not facilitate any increase in pupil numbers.
“The addition of these improved facilities is welcomed and is consistent with relevant policy requirements and legislative standards.”
It also outlines that the extensions are “considered acceptable and compatible with the character of the wider site”.
The extensions will be no more than 18m tall and will use “Equitone fibre cement cladding” to provide a lightweight cladding solution for “speed/ease of construction”.
The officer’s report called this acceptable as it is “consistent with more recent additions to the site”.
The existing “material palette” at the school includes yellow bricks with circular white framed windows.
An existing extension on the site uses “dark grey fibre cement cladding”.
Mechanical ventilation for the extensions is “only for the purposes of extracting moist air from the interior” and would “pose no impact” on the nearby public.
Cardiff Council approved plans for the works on February 2.