In 2020, Angus Council successfully bid for funding to replace Monifieth High School as part of the Scottish Government’s Learning Estate Investment Programme.
The project has now progressed to the construction of the new building.
Throughout the project there have been a number of consultations and engagements with the public and stakeholders to allow the brief to be formed and the design to be finalised.This has included:
- A consultation investigating the opportunities for inclusion within the new Monifieth Learning Campus, completed in Spring 2021;
- A further consultation regarding the inclusion or otherwise of Monifieth Public Library within the development, completed in September 2021;
- Engagement with Police Scotland regarding the potential sharing of space within Monifieth Learning Campus, completed in March 2022;
- Pre-planning application engagement events, completed between July and September 2022.
As a result of the engagement at the early stages of the project the following options were agreed:
- Inclusion of an early learning and childcare facility;
- Inclusion of a replacement swimming pool and sports block;
- Inclusion of an allowance of additional area to increase out of hours school use of sports facilities for the future;
- Exclusion of Monifieth Public Library from the development;
- Exclusion of Police Scotland facilities from the development.
Following the development of initial designs there were a number of Pre-planning engagement events. As a result of this engagement, the following design developments were made:
- Relocation of a new access path from West of the site was relocated to the North West corner;
- Improved bus drop off arrangements via a dedicated ‘saw-tooth’ parking arrangement separated from pedestrian access to the main entrance;
- Retention of existing single access point to site leading to larger bus drop off, a drop off lay-by for cars and increased on-site parking in comparison to the existing school;
- Inclusion of acoustic fence at synthetic pitch to address concerns on pitch location;
- Building expansion proposal identifying how the new building could be extended if required;
- Variety of toilet provisions developed including cellular male / female toilet rooms; open plan with male / female split; individual uni-sex single toilet facilities;
- Renewable technologies alongside Passivhaus certification for the building, including a large solar PC array on the roof and heat source provided by air source heat pumps to minimise the building’s carbon footprint.
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