PLANS to rebuild much of Yeovil College’s town campus have been submitted.

The scheme, submitted by JLL on behalf of the college’s construction partner BAM, would see a number of current structures on the Mudford Road site demolished.

Yeovil College currently has around 2,500 students, with numbers expected to rise in the coming years.

The buildings set to be demolished would be replaced by three new buildings, consisting of a ‘main block’, a sports block and a construction block.

As well as classrooms, the new five-storey main building would include a training restaurant, hair and beauty salons, a refectory and more, sitting at the centre of the site.

The proposed replacement sports block would be a two-storey building.

New plans for Yeovil College. Photo: Yeovil College/BAM

“The building would comprise a main sports hall at ground floor level, together with a classroom, meeting room, changing rooms and WCs/showers and storeroom,” the application said.

“At first floor level, three further classrooms are proposed, along with a gymnasium and fitness area, an office and WCs.”

The third building – a construction block – would be a two-storey development, complementing the existing Construction Skills Building.

“At ground floor, the proposed block will contain demonstration and teaching classrooms, a plumbing workshop, as well as an estates office, staffroom, stores and WCs,” the application said.

“Ground floor access to the building will be possible on all elevations, with both steps and a ramp down to the existing construction building.

“On the first floor, it is proposed to provide three additional classrooms, along with two electrical workshops and a fire workshop.”

The work would begin in the summer, with estimated completion dates of summer 2024 for the sports hall and construction block, and spring 2026 for the main block.

Demolition work would continue to autumn 2026, the application added.

The redevelopment comes after Yeovil College was identified as one of 16 across the country to share funding from the government’s Further Educational Capital Transformation (FECT) programme.

For more details, and to comment on the application, log on to www.southsomerset.gov.uk and search for application reference 23/00513/FUL.