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School land: decisions about the disposal of playing field land

A register of decisions about the disposal of school playing field land.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 18 March 2014
• Last updated: 23 September 2026
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  1. 23 September 2026

     Added details of 5 school applications for the disposal of school land approved in 2026.

  2. 23 April 2026

     Added details of 1 school application for the disposal of school land approved in 2026.

  3. 16 February 2026

     Added details of 6 school applications for the disposal of school land approved in 2025 and 1 to the 'Applications approved after panel recommended refusal'.

  4. 6 November 2025

     Updated to clarify application requirements and what the Department for Education considers are 'disposals' of playing fields.

  5. 8 October 2025

     Added details of 3 school applications for the disposal of school land approved in 2025.

  6. 14 July 2025

     Added details of 4 school applications for the disposal of school land approved in 2025.

  7. 11 April 2025

     Added details of 5 school applications for the disposal of school land approved in 2025.

  8. 7 February 2025

     Added details of 22 school applications for the disposal of school land approved in 2024.

  9. 16 April 2024

     Added 7 schools to the list of approved applications for the disposal of school land and changed the format of the information.

  10. 11 August 2023

      Added 22 schools to the list of approved applications for the disposal of school land. Added 1 school to list of applications not approved for disposal.

  11. 9 March 2023

      Amended the wording about the advisory panel's powers under 'Other decisions' to clarify that it does not make decisions, but instead makes recommendation to the Secretary of State. Removed the entry for the Diocese of Lincoln regarding Ludford Primary School (June 2017), as this application was for privately rather than publicly held land.

  12. 8 June 2022

      Added 15 schools to the list of approved applications for the disposal of school land. Also added 1 school to list of applications not approved for disposal.

  13. 15 July 2021

      Added 13 schools to the list of approved applications for the disposal of school land.

  14. 14 July 2020

      Updated to include disposals approved since January 2020.

  15. 24 January 2020

      Updated with 13 disposals approved by the Secretary of State since January 2019.

  16. 2 January 2019

      Updated to include disposals for November 2018.

  17. 28 September 2018

      Updated to include disposals for August 2018.

  18. 31 August 2018

      Updated to include disposals for July 2018

  19. 25 May 2018

      Updated to include disposals for March 2018

  20. 28 March 2018

      Update to decisions for disposal February 2018.

  21. 23 February 2018

      Update on new decisions made in January 2018

  22. 26 January 2018

      Update to decisions on school land

  23. 5 January 2018

      One new update on other deciisions.

  24. 1 December 2017

      Three new updates to the list of decisions about the disposal of school land

  25. 6 November 2017

      Update includes September's disposal decisions added to the published list

  26. 4 October 2017

      Update to decisions on school land decisions

  27. 1 September 2017

      New decisions on the disposal of school land.

  28. 18 August 2017

      Update of new land decisions

  29. 31 March 2017

      Updated with land decisions for February 2017

  30. 24 February 2017

      Updated to include disposals from the previous month.

  31. 30 December 2016

      Updated to include disposals for November.

  32. 28 October 2016

      Updated to include disposals for September.

  33. 30 September 2016

      Updated to include disposals for August.

  34. 29 July 2016

      Disposal table updated.

  35. 29 June 2016

      Updated attachment to include King Alfred's, approved in May 2016.

  36. 9 May 2016

      Update to the HTML attachment, Decisions on the disposal of school land.

  37. 25 March 2016

      Section 2 - Other decisions - new entry added (2.7)

  38. 29 January 2016

      New entry to the list of disposal decisions

  39. 30 October 2015

      Updated playing field disposal decisions in section 1.List of approved applications. Updated text in section 4.Background to decisions. Updated text in section 5.Olympic legacy.

  40. 25 March 2015

      Updates to decisions table, background to decisions, and Olympic legacy sections.

  41. 27 February 2015

      Decisions table updated.

  42. 30 January 2015

      Decisions table updated.

  43. 26 December 2014

      Disposals table updated.

  44. 28 November 2014

      Decisions table updated.

  45. 31 October 2014

      Updated decisions table.

  46. 26 September 2014

      Decisions table updated.

  47. 29 August 2014

      Disposals table updated.

  48. 25 July 2014

      New information added to disposals table.

  49. 27 June 2014

      Updated table of playing field decisions

  50. 30 May 2014

      Monthly update of decisions table.

  51. 28 March 2014

      Added decisions on disposals from November 2013 to January 2014

  52. 18 March 2014

      First published.

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Register of decisions of playing field land disposals

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The register of decisions of playing field land disposals lists all playing field land disposals considered by the School Playing Fields Advisory Panel and approved or refused by the Secretary of State for Education since 2010.

It also lists any decisions where the School Playing Fields Advisory Panel has recommended an application for refusal and the Secretary of State has subsequently approved the disposal.