CORNWALL Council has given Budehaven Community School the green light to go ahead with plans to extend their existing canopy.

The proposed plans would see the current canopied area extended within the courtyard area.

The application was first discussed by Bude-Stratton Town Council’s planning committee in November, where councillors felt that there was no reason to hold anything against the proposal, as there would be no visual impact for anyone outside of the school grounds.

The date, of which the work will start, is yet to be decided, however, within the conditions of the granted planning permission it must have begun within three years of the date of permission.