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Barnwell Lower School Collenswood Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG2 9HQ

22/01172/ADJAdjoining Authorities ConsultationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 23 May 2022

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

The erection of a new secondary school and new Stevenage Education Support Centre (SESC) building, together with associated works and refurbishments including the provision of games areas, informal play areas, a substation, landscaping and car parking, following the demolition of the vacant former Collenswood and Barnwell School buildings. NORTH HERTS DISTRICT COUNCIL : ADJACENT AUTHORITY : CONSULTEE ONLY.

Received
28 April 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated28 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 May
  5. Decided23 May

Decided in 25 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Barnwell Lower School Collenswood Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG2 9HQ. North Hertfordshire has handled 456 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 3 weeks quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,264 applications in total for the SG2 postcode area.

86% of outline applications at North Hertfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SG2 9HQ
Application type
Adjoining Authorities Consultation
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 April 2022
Target decision date
19 May 2022
Decision issued
24 May 2022
Permission expires
24 May 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

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.

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.

Source: North Hertfordshire

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