Government to get final say over school's expansion
Lancashire Evening Post
|September 09, 2025
The government will have to agree to the extension of a school in Preston before it can go ahead.
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Plans to double the number of pupils at Cottam Primary School - from 210 to 420 children - have been in the pipeline since they were drawn up by Lancashire County Council education bosses more than two years ago.
The phased rise - generated by admitting 60 pupils to reception each year, rather than the previous 30 - is already under way, utilising space in the current building.
The authority's development control committee has now granted planning permission for the new facilities, car park and sports space that will be required at the Haydocks Lane site in order to accommodate the full increase in numbers.
This story is from the September 09, 2025 edition of Lancashire Evening Post.
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