20-07-2025
Installation of temporary classrooms at Glenboig school approved
The plan will see two temporary classrooms, along with cloakroom, toilets and storerooms, set up in the grounds of Glenboig Primary School.
A disabled access ramp will be positioned at the north entrance and each classroom will have its own emergency exit to the south.
This building will be positioned in the existing school car park so North Lanarkshire Council has reached an agreement with Our Lady and St. Joseph's Church to provide alternative parking and drop off facilities there.
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This means that a formalised 53-space car park with a designated drop off facility, new islands, footpath provision and a patrolled crossing point across South Medrox Street will be provided.
A report on the planning decision notes that the council's roads department has no objection to these arrangements as the new footways will improve pedestrian links between the school and the alternative car park and South Medrox Street has no through traffic and the patrolled crossing location is considered acceptable.
Also, the additional parking within the church grounds offers greater capacity than is currently found at the school.
No objections to the planning application were received during the consultation period and permission will remain for a period of five years, expiring in July 2030.