LIVE: Council rules on key projects planned for Middlesbrough including new children's home in Acklam Middlesbrough Council is to decide on whether to grant planning permission to several key projects Updated (Image: evening gazette) A decision on whether to grant planning permission for a new special school at the site of a former attraction will be made today. Middlesbrough Council's planning committee will rule on proposals for the education facility at former's Nature's World, in Acklam. Middlesbrough Council agreed the sale of the 4.5 acres of land near the former Nature's World site, off Ladgate Lane in 2018. The free school on the land off Sandy Flatts Lane will educate up to 84 pupils aged 4 to 11 with complex and significant communication, physical and educational needs.