Plans have been submitted for a new development at Woodroffe School in Lyme Regis.

The proposal is for a new two-storey teaching and library block on the south side of the campus by the school’s hard court.

The ground floor will consist of a library, toilets, office space, storerooms and ancillary space.

Meanwhile, the first floor will consist of three general classrooms, a small room for group work, toilets, office space and a storeroom.

If accepted, the proposal would provide the necessary replacement facilities for library and teaching accommodation currently provided in the school’s ROSLA block, meaning the school would effectively be moving these facilities to the new block.

The proposal comes after a feasibility study to address the need of the existing ROSLA Block was completed.

The ROSLA Block was built to help the school cope with additional numbers of students.

Since 2014, the school has seen an increase in the number of its pupils pupils from 168 to 174.

However, this wasn’t considered a big enough increase for the school to secure funding to expand.

A feasibility study to address the need of the existing ROSLA Block funded by the Education Skills and Funding Agency (ESFA) under the second phase of the Priority School Building Programme (PSBP2) has been completed.

The Priority School Building Programme is a government fund to benefit schools in need.

Under the first phase funding was allocated to help rebuild and refurbish schools.

Meanwhile, the second phase focused on rebuilding and refurbishing individual blocks, focusing on individual buildings rather than schools as a whole.

The school hasn’t had any major building work since 2003 when there was an extension to the art block.

A report to go before Dorset Council’s planning committee said: “The new building has been designed to reflect the scale and massing of the existing teaching blocks, as well as the rhythm of the surrounding context.

“An appropriate landscaping scheme with the introduction of trees around the new building will help to effectively integrate it into school surroundings.

“It is considered that the proposal creates no visual harm to the surrounding area and that the sympathetic design approach is a positive enhancement, forming a strong relationship with the site.”

If you would like to have your say on the plans comments are open on the planning portal until Monday, March 9.