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Barnwell Lower School Collenswood Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HQ

22/00369/FPMApp. for Major Full PlansApproved
Full

Approved on 24 May 2024

Council decision: Grant Planning PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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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

Received
20 April 2022
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
54
Ward
Bandley Hill And Poplars
  1. Received20 Apr
  2. Validated21 Apr
  3. Consult.16 May
  4. Target21 Jul
  5. Decided24 May

Decided in 764 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Barnwell Lower School Collenswood Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9HQ. Stevenage has handled 865 applications of this type. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Bandley Hill And Poplars. We hold 1,264 applications in total for the SG2 postcode area.

92% of full applications at Stevenage Borough 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
App. for Major Full Plans
Scale / size
Large
Parish
To Follow

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 April 2022
Consultation expiry
24 October 2022
Consultation start
22 April 2022
Consultation end
16 May 2022
Neighbour consultation start
24 October 2022
Neighbour consultation end
24 October 2022
Last date for comments
24 October 2022
Target decision date
21 July 2022
Committee meeting
1 November 2022
Permission expires
24 May 2027

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Studio 012 Haylofts St Thomas' Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4LE

Planning decision

Case officer
Mr Thomas Frankland-Wells
Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
28 April 2022
Advertisement expiry
19 May 2022
Site notice start
27 April 2022
Site notice end
19 May 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11181413
Documents
298
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Stevenage
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, 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.

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2022
    20 Apr

    The erection of a new secondary school and new Stevenage Education Support Centre (SESC) building, together…

    This applicationApprovedFull22/00369/FPM
  2. 2022
    14 Apr

    EIA Screening Opinion

    WithdrawnScreening OpinionFiled alongside22/00360/SCR

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