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Planning application – All Saints Benhilton CofE Primary School

by Sam, Ruth and Chris on 9 December, 2023

Planning application no. DM2023/01522 Proposal: Erection of a single storey detached classroom.The above planning application has been received and can be viewed at the planning web site:https://tinyurl.com/4vhjn32h Comments to the Planning Department should be made as soon as possible.The proposal seeks to install a single classroom to the rear of the site which is to […]

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Planning application no. DM2023/01247 Proposal: Erection of a part one, part two storey building creating a Special Educational Needs (SEN) school (Use Class D1), modification of existing access from Rose Hill, provision of areas of hard playing space, a multi-use games area (MUGA), car parking, cycle parking and hard and soft landscaping works and other […]

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Mid autumn update

by Sam, Ruth and Chris on 15 November, 2023

Here are some of the things we have been doing recently: Sam attended the August Planning Committee where the application for Greenshaw High School was considered. The application was a part demolition and construction of two new 3 storey buildings with temporary buildings installed during its construction. Sam noted a small loss of a tree […]

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Have your say on Greenshaw High School planning application!

by Sam, Ruth and Chris on 25 April, 2023

Greenshaw High have submitted a planning application to the Council to demolish several of their existing school buildings and build two new 2-storey and 3-storey buildings. Temporary buildings will be erected during construction. Planning application number is DM2023/00466 It can be viewed on the Council’s planning web site: https://tinyurl.com/yspe9xr5 Proposal: Part demolition of several existing […]

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Sutton Council has refused planning permission to add two extra storeys on top of Helena House.  Planning application DM2021/02062 sought prior approval to add two new floors to provide 12 self contained flats. The proposal was refused as planning officers decided that ‘the proposed external appearance of the two-storey addition would constitute a discordant and obtrusive […]

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Update on Helena House

by Sam, Ruth and Chris on 23 December, 2021

Two important pieces of news about Helena House.  Firstly the government-appointed Planning Inspector has overturned the Council’s decision to refuse the application for a part-5, part-8 storey building with 41 flats on this site and allowed the developer’s appeal to build. Sutton had turned down the application because of the scale and massing of the […]

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Further plans to add two storeys to Helena House

by Sam, Ruth and Chris on 15 November, 2021

An application (No. DM2021/02062) has been received for ‘prior approval’ for the construction of two additional storeys on top of the existing Helena House building, to provide twelve new studio flats.  A similar application was turned down by the Council in December last year. The Conservatives relaxed the planning rules two years ago to allow […]

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Appeal hearing for Helena House

by Sam, Ruth and Chris on 20 October, 2021

Cllr Steve Penneck attended the recent appeal hearing for Helena House.  Councillors on Sutton’s Planning Committee had refused the application to build a part-5, part-8 storey building with 41 flats on this site.  See here for details. The appeal hearing, which was held on-line on 12 October, focused on the impact of the development on the […]

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New planning application for Helena House

by Sam, Ruth and Chris on 22 August, 2021

Residents will be familiar with the planning history of this site.  Last year the developer put in a planning application to add two further storeys on the roof for flats, with no improvements to the rest of the building.  Your ward councillors objected and the Council turned it down.  Prior to that the developer proposed demolition […]

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School to go ahead on Rosehill Park

by Sam, Ruth and Chris on 26 March, 2021

The Conservative government has approved the new school on Rosehill Park, overturning Sutton’s decision to refuse planning permission because of the poor design, including classrooms without windows. This is despite the Minister agreeing that the design of the school does not meet Sutton’s standards, and ‘would have a harmful impact on the visual setting’ of […]

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