Abc Pre School Country Primary School Strickmere Stratford St Mary Colchester Suffolk CO7 6YG Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Full Planning Application - Demolition of existing unused single storey modular pre-school building and construction of single storey pre-school facility with dual pitch and flat roofs. flat roofs. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 16 Jun 2026 · Committee · Last checked 2 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Babergh Mid Suffolk Babergh Planning Committee on 10 Jun 2026.
Approved by 9 votes to 2
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because highway and noise concerns from the earlier refusal had been addressed, subject to conditions.
- Residents and the Parish Council raised concerns about parking, traffic, access, noise, design and other effects, while some comments supported the facility.
- Members voted 9 to 2 to grant permission with conditions and informatives.
Source: Plota analysis of Babergh Mid Suffolk's committee minutes of 10 Jun 2026.
Documents 58
Decision & officer reports 3
Statements & assessments 9
Plans & drawings 4
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 39
Site constraints 7
Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in February 2023, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Babergh Mid Suffolk
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Postcode
- CO7 6YG
- Received
- 24 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 29 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Brett Vale
- Parish
- Stratford St Mary
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 17 Jun 2026
- Decision
- Granted
- Decision date
- 16 Jun 2026
- Decision level
- Committee
- Appeal
- Dismissed · 21 Aug 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6004393 ↗
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Wincer Kievenaar Architects Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 169 days from validation, 107 days slower than Babergh Mid Suffolk's median of 62 for full applications. Approved, as 81% of full applications here are.
Plota live figures for full applications decided by Babergh Mid Suffolk in the last twelve months, from validation. Babergh Mid Suffolk decision record →
Public comments
86% object · above the UK average of 74%
88 neighbours consulted · Last counted 2 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14589017
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14589017
- Neighbours
- 30 Dec 2025
- Consultation
- 17 Mar 2026
- Comments by
- 31 Mar 2026
- Site or press notice
- 9 Jan 2026
- Committee
- 10 Jun 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 23 Feb 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
19 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
Babergh Mid Suffolk is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #56 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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