New life will be breathed into a former school that’s set to provide integrated services for families in Welshpool.

Karen Finucane of Newtown Integrated Family Centre has lodged the application on behalf of Powys County Council (PCC).

The change of use application will turn the former Oldford Road Nursery and Infants School into offices, a family centre and nursery.

The school was one of three sites in the town, that made up Welshpool Church in Wales Primary School.

The site closed at the end of the autumn term just before Christmas 2020, as all pupils moved over to their new school building on Salop Road which opened in January, this year.

The scheme is explained in a traffic statement lodged with the application.

The statement said: “The council offices have been included in this development as the family centre and the social services department often work closely together.

“Operating from the same site will be hugely beneficial to the way in which the staff from both services can interact and manage individual cases.

“It is likely that being located at the same site will result in fewer trips for individuals utilising the services, as well as the staff than if the uses were located separately elsewhere within the town.”

When completed the site would be known as the Oldford Integrated Family Centre.

It is expected that councillors on the planning committee will decide the application.