A TOWY Valley primary school could have a new and improved home.

Plans have been lodged to Carmarthenshire County Council to move Ysgol Rhys Prichard into the former Ysgol Pantycelyn site in Llandovery.

The application submitted on January 18 seeks consent for the demolition, remodelling and refurbishment of the secondary school situated at Cilycwm Road.

The proposal is to re-use the former school site as a primary school catering for 240 pupils and 30 pupil (non-Local Authority) Mudiad Meithrin provision together with associated infrastructure and new car parking allocation.

Both Ysgol Gyfun Pantycelyn and Ysgol Tre-gib in Llandeilo closed their doors in 2016 and pupils were moved to the new multi-million pound Ysgol Bro Dinefwr in Ffairfach.

Carmarthenshire County Council executive board gave the green light for the primary school to relocate in 2016.

The application reads: “The existing site has been vacant for over two years and comprises an extensive complex of stone and modern buildings with the former playing fields and a tennis court extending westwards behind the buildings.

“In addition to the main school building complex, there are two temporary portacabin classrooms and an ivy-covered, rendered stone shed towards the southern edge of the site.

“The development is proposed to be a phased development.  “Phase one will consist of demolishing some of the buildings and mobile classrooms and phase two involves the refurbishment of Blocks 3 and 4, with minor new construction.

Llandovery county councillor Handel Davies told The Guardian: “This will be great for the community.

“It was sad to see Ysgol Pantycelyn close, but it is fantastic to see the town set to gain a super primary school for the area.

“The school itself has so much to offer with fantastic leisure facilities including a swimming pool for the pupils.

“Hopefully the development will be completed in time for the facility to be used when the town host’s the National Urdd Eisteddfod in 2021.”