Multi-million pound project proposed to create a Centre for Learning

Plans to create a Centre for Learning in Hull will be discussed at a council cabinet meeting next week.

The proposals are to refurbish the former Derek Crothall Building on Charlotte Street Mews to create a city centre training hub.

The Centre for Learning would complement Hull City Council’s wider investment in education and learning, as well as improving accessibility to more residents across Hull.

It would also enable the relocation of council corporate services, as Hull Training and Adult Education (HTAE) and Learning & Development (L&D) would call the site home.

The facility has stood empty since Hull Trinity House Academy relocated to the former Endeavour School site in September 2023 to address secondary school sufficiency shortages within the Hull boundary.

HTAE and L&D have since had temporary homes in the Avenues Centre and Brunswick House respectively, with HTAE’s engineering department based at Dane Park Road.

The council’s cabinet will discuss the plans and determine whether to allocate £2.4m of capital funding required for the £5.6m project to finalise designs and to enter into a contract with Hull Esteem Consortium LEP for the works.

Councillor Linda Tock, portfolio holder for learning skills and safeguarding children, said: “This refurbishment proposal would provide an opportunity for the relocation of HTAE and L&D to one central hub.

“In addition, it would also bring a range of learning, development and skills provision in a more accessible way.”