Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

The Old School School Lane Stratford St Mary Colchester Suffolk CO7 6LZ

Refused Babergh DC/25/04791 Non Material Amendment

Works: Windows or glazing

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Application for a Non-Material Amendment relating to DC/24/02317 - Amendments to the School Square to improve vehicle and pedestrian safety and provide a fully accessible and compliant main entrance, including ramp and canopy; Reconfiguration of car and PTW parking and addition of 3no. spaces for school minibuses; Relocation of the MUGA to provide a regular sized and proportioned facility; Bin store relocated away from UKPN transformed to improve safety, size reduced; Amendments to boundary and security fencing to ensure pupil safeguarding; Planting plan and hard landscape plan updated accordingly, additional areas of soft planting introduced and new tree planting; Ecological reports and BNG metric updated, proposed changes achieve 10.68%BNG for habitats and 11.94% BNG for hedgerows; Adjustments to windows to improve thermal performance, ensure pupil safety and in response to internal layout alterations

As published by the council, reference DC/25/04791

Application record

Reference
DC/25/04791
Type
Non Material Amendment
Status
Refused
Decision
Refused
Received
28 Oct 2025
Validated
28 Oct 2025
Decided
25 Nov 2025
Ward
Brett Vale
Parish
Stratford St Mary
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
CO7 6LZ

Site history

Applications at this address on the Babergh register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 1 refused.

  • DC/25/05408 Granted

    The Old School School Lane Stratford St Mary Colchester Suffolk CO7 6LZ

    Application under Section 73 of The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 - Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans and Documents), Condition 3 (Off-Site Highways Improvement), Condition 4 (Visibility Splays), Condition 5 (Parking and Manoeuvring), Condition 6 (Bins), Condition 8 (Landscaping Scheme), Condition 13 (Ecological Appraisal Recommendations), Condition 15 (Biodiversity Enhancement Layout); and removal of Condition 14 (Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan) of planning permission DC/24/02317 dated: 03/02/2025 - Conversion of vacant offices (Class E) to Class F.1 Educational Use (Day school, SEN teaching provision); Creation of ramped access, covered cycle stands, bin storage area, sensory garden, multipurpose games area and boundary security fencing.

    Decided 4 Mar 2026 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 28 Oct 2025

    Received by Babergh

  2. 25 Nov 2025

    Decision issued: Refused

  3. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

17 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.

Open the documents

What this refusal means

Babergh refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About amendment applications

An amendment application makes limited changes to a permission that already exists; anything beyond modest adjustment needs a fresh application. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • Aurora Ravensfield School School Lane Stratford St Mary Colchester Suffolk CO7 6LZ

    DC/25/05411 Submitted 11 Dec 2025 50 yards away

    Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/02317 - Biodiversity Net Gain Condition

    Refused Conditions 10 docs

  • The Old School School Lane Stratford St Mary Colchester Suffolk CO7 6LZ

    DC/25/05408 Submitted 11 Dec 2025 50 yards away

    Application under Section 73 of The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 - Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans and Documents), Condition 3 (Off-Site Highways Improvement), Condition 4 (Visibility Splays), Condition 5 (Parking and Manoeuvring), Condition 6 (Bins), Condition 8 (Landscaping Scheme), Condition 13 (Ecological Appraisal Recommendations), Condition 15 (Biodiversity Enhancement Layout); and removal of Condition 14 (Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan) of planning permission DC/24/02317 dated: 03/02/2025 - Conversion of vacant offices (Class E) to Class F.1 Educational Use (Day school, SEN teaching provision); Creation of ramped access, covered cycle stands, bin storage area, sensory garden, multipurpose games area and boundary security fencing.

    Granted Conditions 38 docs

  • Aurora Ravensfield School School Lane Stratford St Mary Colchester Suffolk CO7 6LZ

    DC/26/00951 Submitted 5 Mar 2026 50 yards away

    Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/25/05408 - Biodiversity Net Gain Condition

    Granted Conditions 7 docs

  • Aurora Ravensfield School School Lane Stratford St Mary Colchester Suffolk CO7 6LZ

    DC/25/05483 Submitted 15 Dec 2025 50 yards away

    Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/02317 - Condition 14 (Habitat management and monitoring plan) and the Biodiversity Net Gain Condition.

    Refused Conditions 8 docs

  • Aurora Ravensfield School School Lane Stratford St Mary Colchester Suffolk CO7 6LZ

    DC/25/05411 Submitted 11 Dec 2025 50 yards away

    Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/24/02317 - Biodiversity Net Gain Condition

    Refused Conditions 10 docs

  • The Old School School Lane Stratford St Mary Colchester Suffolk CO7 6LZ

    DC/25/05408 Submitted 11 Dec 2025 50 yards away

    Application under Section 73 of The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 - Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans and Documents), Condition 3 (Off-Site Highways Improvement), Condition 4 (Visibility Splays), Condition 5 (Parking and Manoeuvring), Condition 6 (Bins), Condition 8 (Landscaping Scheme), Condition 13 (Ecological Appraisal Recommendations), Condition 15 (Biodiversity Enhancement Layout); and removal of Condition 14 (Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan) of planning permission DC/24/02317 dated: 03/02/2025 - Conversion of vacant offices (Class E) to Class F.1 Educational Use (Day school, SEN teaching provision); Creation of ramped access, covered cycle stands, bin storage area, sensory garden, multipurpose games area and boundary security fencing.

    Granted Conditions 38 docs

In Babergh

  • DC/26/04342 Awaiting decision

    Cavendish Mission Lane East Bergholt Colchester Suffolk CO7 6XH

    Application for a Non-Material Amendment realting to DC/26/01946 - amend window to glazed doors, amend door to a window

    Received 6 Oct, published by the council 11 Oct 2026 Amendments
  • DC/26/03605 Granted

    Chilton Woods Mixed Development To North Of Woodhall Business Park Sudbury Suffolk

    Application for a Non-Material Amendment relating to DC/22/02336 - Amendment to Public Open Space (POS) landscape drawings to reposition the play area clear of the existing ditch and amendment to short section of the adjoining footpath/cycleway to realign it so that a full 400 m2 LEAP can be accommodated between the ditch and the repositioned route.

    Received 19 Aug, published by the council 25 Aug 2026 Amendments
  • DC/26/04178 Awaiting decision

    Hadleigh High School Highlands Road Hadleigh IP7 5HU

    Non-material Amendment to DC/26/00385 to vary Condition 17 (Agronomy Report) and remove Condition 15 (Playing field restoration scheme) to enable the commencement of the work on site to deliver the approved scheme.

    Received 24 Sep, published by the council 4 Oct 2026 Amendments
  • DC/26/04131 Awaiting decision

    Brook House Elmsett Road Aldham Ipswich Suffolk IP7 6NQ

    Application for a Non-Material amendment relating to DC/24/02833 - include phasing plan in approved drawing

    Received 22 Sep, published by the council 4 Oct 2026 Amendments
  • DC/26/04118 Awaiting decision

    Parsonage Farm Cranmore Green Long Melford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9AG

    Application for a Non-Material Amendment relating to DC/25/00149 -Please refer to the proposed changes statement and drawings submitted alongside this application

    Received 22 Sep, published by the council 4 Oct 2026 Amendments