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To: Essex County Council
Save Bishops Hill from closure
We want Essex County Council to keep the historic Bishops Hill Community College site open for all community users.
Why is this important?
Essex County Council is closing Bishops Hill on 31 July 2025 without any consultation with community groups. No future plans for the building are available. Although of significant historical importance as the school built in 1906 for the Hutton Poplars Children’s Home for 700 destitute children, the building is not listed. It could be demolished and the land made available for redevelopment.
We wish to keep this heritage site open, and for it to become a vibrant, multi-purpose resource for all the community.
We wish to keep this heritage site open, and for it to become a vibrant, multi-purpose resource for all the community.
