Plans for St Peter Port pressing ahead

THE first steps have been taken to redevelop the former St Peter Port School.

Students from the College of Further Education's Brock Road site could be in by September 2011 – if the Education Department secures funding for the project when it is taken to the States later this year.

Initial planning permission has been granted for a plan which will see all departments currently at Brock Road, including hair and beauty and the flexi-learning centre, the Youth Service and Guernsey Youth Theatre, move to a refurbished St Peter Port School building.

The proposals for short- to medium-term re-use were confirmed as one of the main capital priorities for the States in autumn last year.

As part of the education development plan, the department will eventually have a single CFE campus on the site.

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