Plans for City Learning Quarter move forward

City of Wolverhampton Council will submit a detailed planning application for the City Learning Quarter this week while images of how the scheme will look have been released for the first time.

A purpose-built education facility, set over 10,000 sq m, will provide a state-of-the-art learning environment 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 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.

In addition to the new facilities providing educational benefits for the city, the council says the City Learning Quarter will generate and safeguard 750 jobs for the region, as well as helping to fast track around 1,500 additional jobs within the city.

Cllr Harman Banger, cabinet member for city economy, said: “I am so excited to share the detailed plans for the City Learning Quarter which will transform the learning environment for our students and residents.

“We are working hard with City of Wolverhampton College to ensure we not only deliver a vibrant education hub where we improve the city’s learning, apprenticeship and employment offers, but also that we retain our best talent, rather than losing people to different parts of the region.

“The new facilities will provide a vital facelift to the city which is benefiting from £1 billion of investment overall.  I have every confidence that when our plans become a reality, we will be creating an environment where everyone can flourish.”