UK: Plans have been accepted by Westmorland and Furness Council for Leo Sawrij Restricted to transform 4 former scholar housing buildings at Newton Rigg School right into a lodge and serviced residences.
Newton Rigg School closed in June 2021. Three months later, the present house owners acquired the positioning, with a few of the buildings and campus now occupied by telecommunications contractor Viberoptix and its Coaching Academy.
A cluster of 4 current buildings – Bessey, Bessey Annex, Herdman, and Capstick – final used for housing college students on the former Newton Rigg School, have been granted approval for a change of use.
YAM Architects submitted the design and entry assertion. The next refurbished buildings would supply a complete of 57 bedrooms:
• Bessey and Herdman – Conversion of current two-storey buildings to offer 20 en-suite rooms every, together with two floor flooring wheelchair accessible rooms with devoted foremost door entry to the room.
• Bessey Annex – Conversion of a two-storey constructing to create 4 serviced residences offering a mixture of one and two-bed lodging with non-public loos and fundamental kitchen amenities.
• Capstick – A single storey constructing transformed into six serviced residences offering a mixture of one, two and three-bed lodging, every with a non-public rest room and fundamental kitchen amenities.
The planning assertion learn: “The proposed lodge lodging would add a brand new complementary use to the campus. It’s supposed that the lodging can be versatile in use, able to assembly the wants of a wide range of customers together with enterprise guests, vacationers, contractors engaged on future initiatives on the positioning, and the short-term workforce related to the varied infrastructure initiatives about to begin within the space – in truth anybody needing a spot to remain in Penrith.
“The Viberoptix Academy at Newton Rigg would profit from the proposed new lodging, offering completely positioned fashionable amenities for visiting trainers and apprentices, supporting the educational course of.”
The council positioned various restrictions on the plans, such because the lodging should not be used as a everlasting residence by any particular person or group, in addition to stopping in a single day parking of any automobile exceeding a gross mixture mass over 3500kg.
Planning permission was accepted on 8 August 2024.
