Wolverhampton Girls' High School set for expansion
Six new classrooms are to be built at Wolverhampton Girls' High School under new plans – despite neighbours' opposition.
The staffroom, a 1960s annexe and two-storey rebuild will be demolished allow for the new classrooms at the Tettenhall Road site, which coincides with an increased intake of 118 pupils.
But the plans have met with anger from some residents who have concerns over the increase in traffic using St Jude's Road West and the impact on the green belt and wildlife.
They also complain the design – part brick and part metal cladding – is poor and inadequate parking has been provided.
Plans for the school, built in 1911, also include a new seminar room, an expansion of the dining room and the reconfiguration of the gym. They have been recommended for approval by city council officers.
Transport bosses acknowledge that congestion will increase over the next five years as a result of the increase in pupils but say this can be mitigated through the implementation of a travel plan.
The classrooms will encroach slightly on the green belt, but planners say it is covered by an exemption involving alterations of existing buildings.
