Planning application
East Bergholt High School Heath Road East Bergholt CO7 6RJ
Works: Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Full Planning Application - Demolition of Teaching and Sports Blocks and their replacement with New Teaching Block and Sports Hall, 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/26/00701
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/00701
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Granted
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 19 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 20 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 3 Jul 2026
- Ward
- East Bergholt
- Parish
- East Bergholt
- Postcode
- CO7 6RJ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Babergh register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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DC/26/00249 Decided
East Bergholt High School Heath Road East Bergholt CO7 6RJ
Request for an Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Opinion under Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017. Redevelopment of school
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Feb 2026
Received by Babergh
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20 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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3 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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9 Aug 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/26/04066 Awaiting decision
East Bergholt High School Heath Road East Bergholt Colchester Suffolk CO7 6RJ
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/26/00701 - Part discharge of Conditions 18 (Archaeological Evaluation Written Report) in relation to the areas of the site that are subject to the Archaeological evaluation only. Full discharge of Condition 19 (Scheme of Archaeological Mitigation)
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DC/26/03369 Awaiting decision
East Bergholt High School Heath Road East Bergholt Colchester Suffolk CO7 6RJ
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/26/00701 - Conditions 6 (Construction Surface Water Management Plan), 9 (Mobile Species Precautionary Method Statement), 14 (Agronomy Report), 17 (Archaeological Evaluation), 21 (Arboricultural Site Monitoring) and 24 (Construction Management Plan) and Part discharge of 18 (Archaeological Evaluation Written Report) for the areas of the site outside the ground Source Heat Pumps and the replacement sports hall building only and the Biodiversity Net Gain Condition
Who's behind it
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WSP Ltd Uk Agent
4 applications on PlanIndex · across 2 councils
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
97 documents on file for this application
- COMPLETED S.106
- UNILATERAL UNDERTAKING
- FULL PLANNING - GRANT
- OFFICER DELEGATED REPORT
- MATERIALS & SAMPLES PLAN SRP1507-CPM-XX-XX-G-A-0047 P01
- HIGHWAYS RESPONSE
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN CALCULATION
- BNG REPORT
- SUFFOLK FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE RESPONSE
- ECOLOGY RESPONSE
- HIGHWAYS RESPONSE
- LETTER FROM BOWER AND KIRKLAND REGARDING SAMPLES
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH LAND CONTAMINATION
- LANDSCAPE RESPONSE
- PS ECOLOGY RESPONSE
- WHOLE SITE PLAN
- SPORTS PROVISION
- HERITAGE RESPONSE
- SPORT ENGLAND RESPONSE
- ENV. RESPONSE - NOISE/ODOUR/LIGHT/SMOKE
- PLANNING NOTE- LAND CONTAMINATION
- COMMUNITIES COMMENTS
- ANGLIAN WATER COMMENTS
- ECOLOGY RESPONSE
- EMAIL FROM ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- AGENT CORRESPONDENCE
- SPORT ENGLAND'S CONSULTATION RESPONSE
- SPORT ENGLAND RESPONSE
- EAST BERGHOLT PARISH COMMENTS
- SUFFOLK POLICE COMMENTS
- TRAVEL PLANS
- FLOOD AND WATER RESPONSE
- FIRE AND RESCUE RESPONSE
- FIRE AND RESCUE SPRINKLER LETTER
- ENV RESPONSE NOISE ODOUR LIGHT AND SMOKE
- PUBLIC HEALTH COMMENTS
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: LAND CONTAMINATION
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: AIR QUALITY
- CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY (ECOLYTIK) RESPONSE
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL COMMENTS
- NATURAL ENGLAND COMMENTS
- NATURAL ENGLAND COMMENTS ANNEX A
- ACTIVE TRAVEL COMMENTS
- PUBLIC REALM COMMENTS
- CLLR DAVIES RESPONSE
- ARBORICULTURAL OFFICER RESPONSE
- ARCHAEOLOGY&HERITAGE PRELIMINARY SURVEY
- HISTORIC ENGLAND RESPONSE
- INFRASTRUCTURE TEAM COMMENTS
- BNG METRIC
- BNG REPORT
- APPLICATION FORM
- AIA EAST BERGHOLT HIGH SCHOOL - 20.02.26
- BNG THE_STATUTORY_METRIC_MACRO_DISABLED_1.0.4. EBHS. 30.1.2026..XLSX
- BNG REPORT - EAST BERGHOLT SQ-2548. JT. 30.1.2026. JANUARY 2026. VERSION 8
- CEMP - EAST BERGHOLT REV P2
- CONSTRUCTION PHASE PLAN SRP1507-BNK-XX-XX-T-X-2100.
- COVERING LETTER - EAST BERGHOLT HIGH SCHOO
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT SRP1507-CPM-XX-XX-T-A-0035-P04
- ENERGY STATEMENT REPORT SRP1507-CHD-XX-XX-T-Z-0005
- PROPOSED EXTERNAL LIGHTING LAYOUT SRP1507-CHD-00-EX-D-E-6300 -
- FRA - SRP1507-HEX-XX-XX-T-C-0005-FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT & DRAINAGE STRATEGY (2).
- GROUND INVESTIGATION REPORT 601107-HEX-XX-XX-RP-GE-0001_EAST _BERGHOLT_SCHOOL_
- HERITAGE STATEMENT 05.02.2026
- LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT SRP1507-ALA-XX-XX-R-L-0001 P01
- LVIA -APPENDIX A - BASELINE DIAGRAMS SRP1507-ALA-XX-XX-R-L-0002 P01
- LVIA APPENDIX B - PHOTOGRAPH VIEWPOINTS SRP1507-ALA-XX-XX-R-L-0003 P01
- SPORTS PROVISION SRP1507-ALA-ZZ-ZZ-D-L-SK04
- TREES RETENTION AND REMOVAL PLANSRP1507-ALA-00-EX-D-L-0039-
- LANDSCAPE - SITE SECTIONS 2 OF 2 SRP1507-ALA-00-EX-D-L-0038
- LANDSCAPE SITE SECTIONS 1 OF 2 SRP1507-ALA-00-EX-D-L-0037
- GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN SRP1507-ALA-00-EX-D-L-0033
- LANDSCAPE EXTERNAL AREA PROVISION OVERVIEW SRP1507-ALA-00-EX-D-L-0021
- LEVELS OF INTERVENTION PLAN. SRP1507-ALA-00-EX-D-L-0020
- SITE LANDSCAPING PLAN AS EXISTING SRP1507-ALA-00-EX-D-L-0019
- WHOLE SITE PLAN SRP1507-ALA-00-EX-D-L-0018
- FENCING GENERAL ARRANGEMENT SRP1507-ALA-00-EX-D-L-0017
- SECURE LINE SRP1507-ALA-00-EX-D-L-0016
- ACCESS AND CIRCULATION STRATEGY SRP1507-ALA-00-EX-D-L-0015
- SITE LANDSCAPING PLAN OVERVIEW
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- PRELIMINARY ROOST ASSESSMENT EAST BERGHOLT SQ-2610.V2.NE.
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL EAST BERGHOLT SQ-3512.V2.NE
- STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT - EAST BERGHOLT HIGH SCHOOL SCI FINAL
- 6847 EAST BERGHOLT HIGH SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STATEMENT REVP01 202
- 2026-02 TRANSPORT STATEMENT REV A 24-118.
- 2026-02 SCHOOL TRAVEL PLAN REV A 24-118
- GA SECTIONS SPORTS BLOCK SRP1507-CPM-02-ZZ-D-A-2120
- GA ELEVATIONS SPORTS BLOCKSRP1507-CPM-02-ZZ-D-A-2010
- GA ROOF PLAN SPORTS BLOCK SRP1507-CPM-02-ZZ-D-A-2003
- GA FLOOR PLAN L00 SPORTS BLOCKSRP1507-CPM-02-00-D-A-2001
- GA SECTIONS TEACHING BLOCK.SRP1507-CPM-01-ZZ-D-A-2120
- GA ELEVATIONS TEACHING BLOCKSRP1507-CPM-01-ZZ-D-A-2010
- GA ROOF PLAN TEACHING BLOCKSRP1507-CPM-01-RF-D-A-2003
- -GA FLOOR PLAN L01 TEACHING BLOCK.SRP1507-CPM-01-01-D-A-2002
- -GA FLOOR PLAN L00 TEACHING BLOCKSRP1507-CPM-01-00-D-A-2001
- SITE LOCATION PLAN SRP1507-ALA-00-EX-D-L-0101
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