A NEWTON Abbot primary school’s plans to provide a dedicated nursery facility by extending an existing building has been approved by planners.

25/00995/FUL sought permission to demolish the existing PE store at Wolborough CofE Nursery & Primary School and extend the Rundle Room building to provide ‘a dedicated nursery facility, including raised decked play area, canopy and associated external works’.

And Teignbridge District Council (TDC) granted planning permission on July 18, giving the school the green-light move forward with its development.

Work must start within three years of the permission being granted.

It comes as Wolborough was among five Devon schools to receive awards from the Department for Education’s school-based nursery capital grant.

The grant allows schools to either build new nurseries or expand their existing facilities.