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Great Bentley Primary School, Plough Road, Great Bentley Essex CO7 8LD

CC/TEN/19/23Full App (Major PSI) CCApproved
Full

Approved on 23 June 2023

Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Extension of existing Primary School (1 form entry expansion) comprising the erection of a new 2 storey teaching block with associated play area, landscaping, car and cycle parking, and alterations to existing school including erection of new canopy and other remodelling works

Received
15 February 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Brightlingsea ED
  1. Received15 Feb
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.24 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Jun

Decided in 130 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Great Bentley Primary School, Plough Road, Great Bentley Essex CO7 8LD. Essex has handled 82 applications of this type. This one was decided in 130 days, 14 weeks longer than Essex's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Bentley conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 3 applications across Brightlingsea ED. We hold 2,586 applications in total for the CO7 postcode area.

96% of full applications at Essex County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 5 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CO7 8LD
Application type
Full App (Major PSI) CC
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Great Bentley CP
District
Tendring District

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2023
Consultation expiry
24 March 2023
Consultation start
4 July 2023
Consultation end
24 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Coval Hall, Rainsford Road Chelmsford CM1 2QF

Additional information

Documents
89

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Great Bentley
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage 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 and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    13 Sep

    Details pursuant to Condition 6 - Post Excavation Assessment attached to planning permission CC/TEN/19/23

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCC/TEN/19/23/6/1
  2. 2023
    3 Jul

    Details pursuant to Condition 14 Construction Management Plan attached to CC/TEN/19/23

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCC/TEN/19/23/14/1
  3. 2023
    20 Jun

    Details pursuant to Condition 10 - Ecological Design Strategy attached to planning permission CC/TEN/19/23

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCC/TEN/19/23/10/1
  4. 2023
    13 Feb

    Extension of existing Primary School (1 form entry expansion) comprising the erection of a new 2 storey…

    This applicationApprovedFullCC/TEN/19/23
  5. 2023
    13 Feb

    Extension of existing Primary School (1 form entry expansion) comprising the erection of a new 2 storey…

    ApprovedScreening Opinion Request CC/ESSFiled alongsideCC/TEN/19/23/SO

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