Former primary school is set to be demolished

The site is to be levelled and cleared

- PAUL BEHAN

The former Greenmill Primary School in Cumnock’s Barrhill Road is to be completely demolished, under new proposals.

The Post can reveal that plans have been lodged to level the site after the school buildings were labelled surplus to requirements and an 'eyesore.

Attempts were made to see if the community could take on the site, but its size proved problematic and plans to sell the site also proved fruitless.

Now it appears that the entire site will be cleared after East Ayrshire Council announced proposals for its demolition.

Agents in the proposals are Wylie Shanks Architects who said in a statement: "East Ayrshire Council have no need for the school since it has been replaced by the Barony Campus in 2021.

"It has in the interim been used temporarily by another primary school. Given the building was surplus it has been offered to community groups however no community groups had a need for a building of that size.