A fully detailed application of a new secondary school in Middleton has now been submitted. Planning officials have already given ‘outline’ permission for the new school – dubbed the Edgar Wood Academy – to be built on grazing land at Birch and Bowlee. But while that approved the development ‘in principle’ – together with a new access road off Heywood Old Road – a fully detailed application has now been submitted by the Altus Education Partnership. It sets out the appearance, layout and scale of the development, as well as including further information on parking and sports provision. The proposals confirm the school will feature two main buildings: a three-storey teaching block and a separate two-storey sports hall connected by a covered walkway.