It was third time lucky for a school which desperately needs more classrooms as councillors gave the twice-deferred plans the thumbs up.
Governors, staff and children at Stisted CofE Primary School have been fighting for two new classrooms, a new staff room, storage space, toilets and a hall for a number of years.
This caused concern at the school as a number of children are currently taught in demountable buildings and for PE lessons the school's 95 pupils have to put on safety jackets and walk to the village hall.
Members of Braintree Council's Braintree area committee councillors had knocked back the plans twice claiming, at 8.1m, the proposed height of the hall was too high.
Last night, revised plans with a reduced height of 7m were back at the council's area committee.
Published Wednesday November 6, 2002
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