A new £4.4 million primary school is to be built in South Lanarkshire.

The council has approved plans for the new Walston Primary to be developed on a new site in the village of Elsrickle.

It will replace the current traditional school house with features including;

• A 1000 sq. metre single storey timber frame building

• Two classrooms

• A nursery class

• Gym hall

• Library and kitchen/dining facilities

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• A MUGA pitch

Access will be created to a 16-space car park from the A721, where a pedestrian gate will also be created. Land has also been allocated for a footpath link to a proposed housing site nearby.

Cllr Alistair Fulton said: "This is a significant application, as not only does it mark a new chapter in the lives of this small community, but it marks an important chapter in the Primary Schools Modernisation Programme.

"Over the past ten years, this committee has considered and approved the rebuild or refurbishment of every single primary school across South Lanarkshire, a milestone of which we are all rightly proud.

"As a result, the schools estate we now have is providing tens of thousands of young people with the best possible start in life."

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