Long has it been the subject of conversation for the villagers of Warsash and other local residents in the area but it has recently been confirmed that plans to turn buildings at the Warsash Maritime Academy in Newtown Road into flats are set to be unveiled in the coming weeks.

The upper part of the Academy will be the subject of a planning application for a flat complex in the next month according to Councillor Trevor Cartwright who represents Warsash on Fareham Borough Council.

Southampton Solent University, which runs the academy has confirmed that it will be moving the facilities in the upper part to its central campus in Southampton.  However the site is set to retain the specialist facilities by the shore such as the lower part of the site and the pier.

Residents of Warsash will have mixed feelings about the news.  The Academy has been on the site for more than 100 years and has around 150 staff and 5,000 students.

I will post more details when they are made public.

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