"It's a tight site"

The Director of Education and the new Education Convener have both independently admitted that the Logie site is "a tight site" but maintain that it is big enough to accommodate 450 primary school pupils in two schools, plus up to 110 pupils in the new nursery, as well as the ancillary accommodation and other facilities required by the School Premises (Scotland) Regulations 1967, and as amended.

The council's proposal (report 69-2009) states that they will build:

..."2 x 1 stream primary schools with 6 additional classrooms, a nursery and full ancillary accommodation ... within the overall 4595m² footprint of the building"

The claimed area of the site is 1.27 hectares (12,700 m²).

How much land does 4595m² consume? We had a go, using Google Planimeter and got the following for 4597m²:

You'll have to zoom into the Logie site area and find the site: it's bounded by Glenagnes Road to the west, Blackness Road to the south and Rosefield Street to the east.

Try it yourself and see how creative you can be with building shapes that come to the same total.

How much room is left for other facilities?