Planning has been approved to develop a new school in Campbeltown.

The new Campbeltown Grammar School is expected to be built for the 2017/18 school term.

The new school will be built on the existing grammar school site. The capacity allows for an increasing number of pupils, based on school roll forecasts and local development plan actions for the next 10 years.

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South Kintyre Councillor Rory Colville, Policy Lead for Education and Lifelong Learning, welcomed the news, saying: "We are focussed on providing young people in and around Campbeltown with the best possible start in life and this planning approval represents a huge milestone in the process of delivering a new school fit for the 21st century.

"Everyone involved in educating and supporting our young people is committed to realising the council's ambition to make Argyll and Bute a place people choose to live, learn, work and do business."

The project is being taken forward by Hub North Scotland Ltd. in partnership with the council and will see the current school site undergo significant changes over the next three years.

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