Starbucks-style sixth-form campus for school – latest Mansfield planning applications

A planning application has been submitted by Manor Academy in Mansfield Woodhouse to build a new, two-storey sixth-form block, complete with a Starbucks or Costa-style cafe.

“The school has issues concerning the students' satisfaction with the sixth-form facilities,” says a planning statement lodged with Mansfield District Council.

"It has experienced student migration to other sixth-forms and colleges. Students prefer other schools because Manor’s campus is dull and not as teenager-friendly.

"To appeal to students, the new building would have an area resembling a globalised, popular coffee shop brand to create a different environment from the school. It would be more like a high street cafe.

"The facility would also comprise two classrooms and two libraries, to be used by staff and students. The project is being funded by the school to improve the quality of campus life.

"It aspires to create a new social and learning environment to give sixth-form students a sense of independence before commencing their next steps.”

The building would sit on a hard-standing area of land within the Manor Academy grounds, facing Park Hall Road. It spans almost an acre but is currently under-used as sports/amenity space.

According to its latest Ofsted report earlier this year, there are currently 1,298 pupils at the school, of which 88 make up the sixth-form. The scheme is currently being considered by the council’s planning officers.

Other planning applications submitted to the authority in recent days include these:

Next to 81 Wheatfield Crescent, Mansfield Woodhouse – erection of detached house with detached garage.

21 Lindhurst Lane, Mansfield – boundary fence and gate, garage conversion, alterations to windows and white render on outside.

Morrisons, Sutton Road, Mansfield – extension to petrol filling station sales building and creation of electric vehicle (EV) charging zone with canopy and four jet-wash bays.

275 Eakring Road, Mansfield – two-storey and single-storey side extensions, plus change of use to convert existing office into three dwellings and small office.

19 Stanley Road, Mansfield – single-storey rear extension, loft conversion and demolition of existing single-storey extension.

39 High Street, Warsop – change of use from first-floor store rooms to residential unit, including re-roofing and refurbishment or replacement of front dormer windows.

10 Stranraer Close, Mansfield Woodhouse – single-storey extension at side and rear.

12 Springwood Drive, Mansfield Woodhouse – removal of one tree and work to four others, all covered by preservation order.

1 and 2 Waterson Oaks, Mansfield – removal of four trees and work to six others, all covered by preservation order.

67 Shilling Road, Mansfield – change of use of part of integrated garage to aesthetic treatment room.

Land north of Arches Road and west of The Rodery, Mansfield – installation by Severn Trent of two hydraulically connected, permanent detention basins.

44 Cardale Road, Pleasley – single-storey side and rear extension.

236 Chesterfield Road South, Mansfield – demolition of detached garage and conservatory at rear, and construction of single-storey side and rear extension.

2A Dorchester Drive, Mansfield – single-storey rear extension.

9 The Paddocks, Mansfield Woodhouse – two-storey rear extension.

10 Dorchester Close, Mansfield – construction of dwelling and sub-division of existing garden to form amenity space.