Green light for City Learning Quarter

Plans for a new City Learning Quarter in Wolverhampton have been given the green light by the council’s planning committee.Approval has been granted for the purpose-built education facility that will provide a state-of-the-art learning environment for young people and adults in the city.The City Learning Quarter will be situated around the Old Hall Street and St George’s Parade area of the city centre, following the demolition of the former Faces nightclub building on the corner of Garrick Street and Bilston Street.The facilities will also see investment in the building and public realm around them.They will encompass City of Wolverhampton College’s Metro One Campus, the council’s Adult Education Service and Central Library, creating an enhanced learning environment for everyone as well as significantly paving the way for City of Wolverhampton College to move from its Paget Road site.The City Learning Quarter will also generate and safeguard 750 jobs for the region, as well as helping to fast track about 1,500 additional jobs within the city, the council has said.A grant bid of up to £30m has been submitted to the Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) to fund the scheme.