MORE plans for a major new school in Bournemouth town centre have been revealed.

The Aspirations Academies Trust, which already runs three schools in the area, plans to build the Livingstone Academy on the site of the former magistrates court and coroner's court in Stafford Road, and the former police station in Madeira Road.

At a pre-application hearing on Monday the council's planning board heard the Trust's architects intend to demolish the police station building, but to retain the two court buildings after refurbishment.

Concern was raised over traffic and parking, as the site is expected to one day house 120 staff and 1,510 students. The school would also be next to the new police station.

Town Centre ward councillor David Smith said: "There are 20 spaces proposed for 120 staff.

"My colleague is a governor at a school in Bournemouth and he said practically every member of staff drives to school.

"There will be 1,500 parents dropping off, you say you encourage them to use sustainable transport, every school does.

"We all know that in reality it is chaos. It is chaos in the town centre in the mornings anyway."

Representatives for the Trust said their goal was to have as many pupils walking to school as possible, although their catchment area is expected to overlap those of St Michael's School off Poole Hill, Malmesbury Park School and King's Park Academy in Boscombe.

Aside from the 20 staff spaces, and plans to obtain permits allowing staff to use public car parks, the school would have one 'disabled' space and two visitors' spaces in Madeira Road.

They said the school would provide more than half the borough's requirement for new secondary school places by 2025, and planning officer Simon Gould told councillors this would have to be considered whenever a planning application comes before them.

"It will involve balancing the harm of the loss of a non-designated heritage building against the need to provide a school," he said.

According to the plans the magistrates court building would house the primary school, with open plan classrooms and its façade smartened up.

The Grade II listed former coroner's court would house the sixth form and administrative offices, with one court room maintained for use as a seminar room.

Out back, and utilising the existing court car park, there would be a small play and games area, although students would have to been taken off site to play 'green field' sports.

The new building on the site of the police station would house the secondary school, with a number of elevated open-air games areas.

A public exhibition of the plans will be held at the Norfolk Royale Hotel from 4-7pm on Tuesday, August 28.