Planning application
Hadleigh High School Highlands Road Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5HU
Works: Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Full Planning Application - Demolition of Existing Teaching and Sports Blocks and Their Replacement With a New Teaching Block, Sports Hall and Multi-use Game Areas, Plus External Works Including Installation of Ground Source Heat Pumps, Hard and Soft Landscaping, Car Parking And Boundary Treatment
As published by the council, reference DC/26/00385
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/00385
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 30 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 5 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 3 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Hadleigh South
- Parish
- Hadleigh
- Postcode
- IP7 5HU
Site history
Applications at this address on the Babergh register
This site has had 4 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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DC/26/03966 Awaiting decision
Hadleigh High School Highlands Road Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5HU
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/26/00385 - Conditions 10 (Biodiversity Enhancement Strategy), 11 (Wildlife Sensitive Lighting Design Scheme), 13 (Hard and Soft landscaping Scheme ), 14 (Landscape Management Plan), 16 (Design Details of The MUGA), 19 (Design Specification of the Sports Hall) and 27 (Parking Details)
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DC/26/03958 Awaiting decision
Hadleigh High School Highlands Road Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5HU
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/26/00835 - Part discharge of Condition 21 (Archaeological Evaluation Written Report) for the MUGA Pitches and Ground Source heat Pumps only.
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DC/26/03310 Awaiting decision
Hadleigh High School Highlands Road Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5HU
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/26/00385 - Conditions 6 (Construction Surface Water Management Plan), 9 (Mobile Species Precautionary Method Statement), 17 (Agronomy Report) 20 (Archaeological Evaluation) and 25 (Construction Management Plan). Part discharge of condition 21 (Archaeological Evaluation Written Report) for the areas of the site that are outside of the MUGA Pitches and Boreholes for the Ground Source heat Pumps only. Part discharge of the Biodiversity Net Gain Condition.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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30 Jan 2026
Received by Babergh
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5 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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3 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
2 later applications on the register refer to this one:
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DC/26/03966 Awaiting decision
Hadleigh High School Highlands Road Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5HU
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/26/00385 - Conditions 10 (Biodiversity Enhancement Strategy), 11 (Wildlife Sensitive Lighting Design Scheme), 13 (Hard and Soft landscaping Scheme ), 14 (Landscape Management Plan), 16 (Design Details of The MUGA), 19 (Design Specification of the Sports Hall) and 27 (Parking Details)
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DC/26/03310 Awaiting decision
Hadleigh High School Highlands Road Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5HU
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/26/00385 - Conditions 6 (Construction Surface Water Management Plan), 9 (Mobile Species Precautionary Method Statement), 17 (Agronomy Report) 20 (Archaeological Evaluation) and 25 (Construction Management Plan). Part discharge of condition 21 (Archaeological Evaluation Written Report) for the areas of the site that are outside of the MUGA Pitches and Boreholes for the Ground Source heat Pumps only. Part discharge of the Biodiversity Net Gain Condition.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
118 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Babergh granted permission on 3 July 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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Hadleigh High School Highlands Road Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5HU
95% historically approved · decision due ~25 Sep
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/26/00385 - Conditions 6 (Construction Surface Water Management Plan), 9 (Mobile Species Precautionary Method Statement), 17 (Agronomy Report) 20 (Archaeological Evaluation) and 25 (Construction Management Plan). Part discharge of condition 21 (Archaeological Evaluation Written Report) for the areas of the site that are outside of the MUGA Pitches and Boreholes for the Ground Source heat Pumps only. Part discharge of the Biodiversity Net Gain Condition.
Awaiting decision Conditions 19 docs -
Hadleigh High School Highlands Road Hadleigh IP7 5HU
Request for an Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Opinion under Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 for the demolition of teaching and sports blocks and replacement with a new teaching block, sports hall, multi-use game areas (MUGA), external works including hard and soft landscaping, installation of GSHP boreholes, car parking and boundary treatment.
Decided Outline Demolition 2 docs -
Hadleigh High School Highlands Road Hadleigh IP7 5HU
Request for an Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Opinion under Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 for the demolition of teaching and sports blocks and replacement with a new teaching block, sports hall, multi-use game areas (MUGA), external works including hard and soft landscaping, installation of GSHP boreholes, car parking and boundary treatment.
Decided Outline Demolition 2 docs -
Hadleigh High School Highlands Road Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5HU
95% historically approved · decision due ~6 Nov
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/26/00835 - Part discharge of Condition 21 (Archaeological Evaluation Written Report) for the MUGA Pitches and Ground Source heat Pumps only.
Awaiting decision Conditions 4 docs -
Hadleigh High School Highlands Road Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5HU
Full Planning Application - Demolition of Existing Teaching and Sports Blocks and Their Replacement With a New Teaching Block, Sports Hall and Multi-use Game Areas, Plus External Works Including Installation of Ground Source Heat Pumps, Hard and Soft Landscaping, Car Parking And Boundary Treatment
Granted Full applications Demolition 118 docs -
Hadleigh High School Highlands Road Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5HU
95% historically approved · decision due ~25 Sep
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/26/00385 - Conditions 6 (Construction Surface Water Management Plan), 9 (Mobile Species Precautionary Method Statement), 17 (Agronomy Report) 20 (Archaeological Evaluation) and 25 (Construction Management Plan). Part discharge of condition 21 (Archaeological Evaluation Written Report) for the areas of the site that are outside of the MUGA Pitches and Boreholes for the Ground Source heat Pumps only. Part discharge of the Biodiversity Net Gain Condition.
Awaiting decision Conditions 19 docs
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