 At the time, the University was seeking to expand, but due to the then planning laws the University could not expand its Highfield campus without accommodating a large number of car parking spaces in the form of three multi-storey car parks.As a result, the sought solution was to expand onto another campus and the former Taunton's school was chosen due to its close proximity to Highfield.In 1994, the London company Hawkins Brown was appointed to design the refurbishment of the old school buildings.