PAN1372 - Waterside Primary School Consultancy Support

Leicester City Council is progressing with the redevelopment of a 15 acre site which is phase 1 of the wider regeneration of the Waterside. The scheme will see the area transformed into residential led and mixed use environment. As part of the Waterside Project there is a need for a new Waterside primary school, a commitment set out in the City Mayor's manifesto amongst his ambition to create over 2500 primary school places. Maber Architects have produced an initial site appraisal study of several sites, which presents an analysis of each site and potential approaches going forwards. The City Mayor approved the selection of the Groby Rd site as the preferred site.

In order to support this, further architectural services are required to design a primary school up to the requirements of RIBA Stage 3 and also to secure planning approval. The chosen site for the school development is the site bounded by Groby Road to the north, Fosse Road North to the east and Fosse Lane to the south.

The design of the new school is required to be undertaken as a first stage before construction can commence.

The timeline for the project is for it to be complete by September 2018.

Design options will need to be taken to a finalised approach which effectively meets the manifesto commitment made by the City Mayor and the EFA/Building Bulletin standards for indoor and outdoor spaces.