Thurston Community College Norton Road Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3PB
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Proposal
Full Planning Application - Redevelopment of Thurston Community College to include demolition of the existing school buildings and construction of a new school building, including sports hall, provision of new playing fields and multi-use games areas, and associated car and cycle parking, access and landscaping.
- Received
- 10 March 2026
- Decision due
- 14 May 2026
- Public comments
- 35
- Council
- Babergh District Council
- Ward
- Thurston
- ReceivedReceived10 Mar
- ValidatedValidated19 Mar
- Consult.Consultation30 Apr
- TargetTarget Date14 May
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Thurston Community College Norton Road Thurston Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP31 3PB. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 10 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 118 applications across Thurston. We hold 1,715 applications in total for the IP31 postcode area.
90% of full applications at Babergh District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- IP31 3PB
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- Thurston
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 2 May 2026
- Consultation start
- 16 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 30 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 23 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 13 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 2 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- WSP
- Agent address
- WSP WSP House 70 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1AF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 1 April 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 22 April 2026
- Site notice start
- 11 April 2026
- Site notice end
- 2 May 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 127
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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Full Planning Application - Redevelopment of Thurston Community College to include demolition of the existing…
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk
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