New homes could be built on the playground of a former primary school, provided plans get the go-ahead.
A scheme has been submitted to redevelop the former playground of Fen Park Primary School in south Lowestoft with a terrace of eight houses.
Plans centring around "Redevelopment of existing playground and construction of a terrace of eight dwellings" at the site of the former school on Lovewell Road, Kirkley was lodged with East Suffolk Council on September 22.
With the school site built in 1925, it was used until 2013 when it was closed and has remained empty since then.
A design and access statement, with planning statement, prepared by agents Andrew Middleton on behalf of the applicant Michael Christophi, states: "The proposal looks to redevelop this site.
"A future application is proposed to convert the main building and this application seeks to develop the former playground with a terrace of eight houses.
"The development offers large five bedroom dwellings, each having their own garden area and car parking for two vehicles."
With the design "influenced by the main school building", it adds: "A use for the building has not been found since 2013 and so it has remained empty and unused since that time.
"It is still in sound condition.
"The playground is slightly raised and completely surrounded by a metal railing fence with brick plinth.
"The existing overall site area amounts to 2331sq m and the new development area on which the properties will stand amounts to approximately 1022sq m."
With the proposals currently "awaiting decision", East Suffolk Council is likely to make a final decision in the coming weeks.
It comes after the former school smashed its reserve and sold for well over the price it was expected to fetch at an online property auction on March 22.
Marketed by Auction House East Anglia, the former school site had a guide price of £190,000 plus fees - but it eventually sold for £346,000, an 82.1 per cent increase on what it was expected to fetch.
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