Planning application
East Bergholt High School Heath Road East Bergholt CO7 6RJ
Works: Demolition
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
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
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 19 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 20 Feb 2026
- Ward
- East Bergholt
- Parish
- East Bergholt
- Postcode
- CO7 6RJ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Mid Suffolk register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026.
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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 Mid Suffolk
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20 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 17 April 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Mid Suffolk took a median of 48 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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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
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
91 documents on file for this application
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East Bergholt High School Heath Road East Bergholt Colchester Suffolk CO7 6RJ
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Awaiting decision Conditions 17 docs -
East Bergholt High School Heath Road East Bergholt CO7 6RJ
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Decided Outline -
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
Decided Outline -
East Bergholt High School Heath Road East Bergholt CO7 6RJ
77% historically approved · decision due ~17 Apr
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.
Awaiting decision Full applications Demolition 91 docs -
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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
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