Freuchie primary school extension gets the go-ahead with 2025 completion date

Freuchie Primary School will see two new, permanent extensions by 2025 now that plans from Fife Council have been approved.

Planners granted permission this week for the extension work, which is “scheduled to commence during October 2024 for completion during summer 2025”.

Fife Council asked for permission to replace the two existing “modular accommodation” units with two permanent school blocks.

The units serve as the school entrance, an office, a classroom, and dining facilities.

“The modular accommodation on the school site was added between the late 1970s and early 1990s and this has reached the end of its lifecycle and is no longer fit for purpose,” a planning statement said.

According to the council, the permanent extensions will be divided into two blocks.

Block 1 will provide the school with a new main entrance. The council said it will also offer “flexible space/dining hall, kitchen, and linked circulation to the existing building.”

Block 2 will provide improved, dedicated space for the school’s nursery. The nursery playroom does not currently have “dedicated access to ancillary support space and is shared with the wider school”.

The permanent extension will rectify that and provide a dedicated, well-connected space for the nursery children.

“Both extensions will provide a barrier-free solution on the school site with all accommodation fully accessed under one roof,” the planning statement continued.

“[If plans are approved], all modular accommodation on the site will be removed and the external areas reinstated to secure play space.”

Planning papers stated that work is scheduled to commence in October 2024 for completion during the summer of 2025.

Now that the plans have been approved, work can begin imminently.