A £12 million school project has been given planning approval.
Councillors have agreed to plans to build a three-storey extension to the Portslade Aldridge Community Academy – formerly Portslade Community College – in Chalky Road, Mile Oak.
The project will also involve the demolition of part of the current set of buildings and a refurbishment of the rest of the site. Much of the parking will be shifted towards the Valley Road end of the grounds.
The scheme includes a science block and a new community library and will incorporate a sixth form centre. Sixth form students are currently taught on a separate site at the corner of High Street and Mile Oak Road.
Brighton and Hove City Council submitted the plans and co-sponsors the academy with the Aldridge Foundation and Sussex University.
Principal Stuart McLaughlin said that the scheme would give the academy a campus fit for the 21st century.
The plans were approved unanimously by the council’s Planning Committee.
