A new 420-place primary school to help a Norfolk town cope with surging numbers of homes looks set to be given the go-ahead this week.
Norfolk County Council's planning committee is likely to grant its own plans for the £11.5m school at Silfield, near Wymondham, permission when it meets on Friday (June 30).
Officers are recommending that the new school, on land south of Rightup Lane, is approved by councillors - despite a number of objections over the plans.
Education chiefs at County Hall have said the new school, for children aged four to 11, is needed because Wymondham's three existing primary schools are already stretched.
And, with around 1,500 homes planned or being built in the town, the situation would get worse without the provision of a new school.
Norfolk County Council has previously said new housing, coupled with in-year admissions from children moving to the area is "a cause for concern".
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The school building will provide 14 classrooms and group rooms along with a central
library and resource area and a multi-purpose hall.
It would also have a kitchen, toilets, changing rooms, staff and administration areas and storage rooms.
But concerns have been raised about the plans.
Wymondham Town Council supports the application but does have a "small number of concerns", including the need for somewhere for children to be dropped off, the risk of flooding and the impact on biodiversity at nearby wildlife sites.
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Four objections have been received, with people living nearby worried about plans to plant trees near their gardens.
The council said the proposed tree species had been changed as a result of those objections, to ones which would not grow so tall.
And councillors are asked to agree that Tom McCabe, the council's chief executive and director of community and environmental services be authorised to grant permission, subject to a number of conditions.
The conditions include that work must start within three years.
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