Outline plans to build 46 houses in the grounds of Malsis School, Glusburn, have been lodged with Craven District Council.
Two separate applications include outline plans for five homes on a yard site to the west of the school and 41 on land to the east.
The school, which has submitted the application with Chartree Develop-ments, said, when it announced its plans in July, it needed to sell the land to safeguard the school’s future.
Details include a “private and confidential financial appraisal” on why the development is needed.
Although the plans were announced in the summer, they have only now been validated by the council.
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