A planning application has been filed for the construction of a school on land located outside the development zone in San Gwann.

The site is on Triq tal-Balal corner with Triq ta' l-Ibrag.

The applicant is listed as Newark School Malta, and it is proposing the relocation of an existing primary and secondary school.

The proposed development would include a nursery, kinder, primary and secondary school.

The proposal includes "a four-storey building overlying basement parking and will include five classes for nursery hosting 93 children and 26 classes from Kinder 1 - year 11 hosting up to 26 students per class," with the total being 769.

The educational facility will also include a multipurpose hall, a library, science and IT labs, a sub-station and other ancillary facilities, the application reads.

The total site area is listed as being 2,628sqm, and the application form designates the main existing use of the site as "Agricultural Field / Wasteland."