Ormiston Victory Academy in Costessey. Picture: Denise Bradley
- Credit: copyright: Archant 2014
A secondary school near Norwich has been given the green light to build a new block which will enable to it to take on 300 extra students.
Ormiston Victory Academy in Costessey will be allowed to build a new block on its current land, adding 14 classrooms, 42 parking spaces and 60 cycle storage slots.
The application was decided at a virtual meeting of Norfolk County Council s planning committee on Friday, April 23.
At the meeting, officers discussed the 13 objections made by neighbours, with the main concern in relation to the expansion s potential impact on traffic in the area.