People living near an old Nottingham education facility that has been empty for three years say they don't want it to become housing as the council begins looking at future uses for the site. The Thorneywood Education Base was located in Fairmead Close, St Ann's, but shut in 2019 after one of its key services moved to Sherwood.
The Hospital and Home Education Learning Centre, providing teaching for children and young people with health needs, had been operating out of Thorneywood before making the move to Sherwood. Since then, the large building has been vacant and Nottingham City Council is now looking to officially declare it "surplus to operational requirements".
The council has backed the decision and as long as this is also given the green light by government, the premises would be given to the authority's Director of Economic Development and Property to determine the best use for it. Ann Wolff, 49, has lived in her property by the former education base for 28 years.
