Widdington Pit, Hollow Road, Widdington, Essex, CB11 3SL

ESS/04/16/UTTRemoval/Variation of Condition ESSPermitted

Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Continuation of use of land for skip hire, waste recycling, waste transfer and green waste composting operations, involving the importation, deposit, sorting, recycling, processing of waste materials (including construction and demolition waste, soil, wood, metal, plastics, green waste, road planings) the storage of skips, waste and recovered materials and use of processing machinery (including soil screeners, concrete crushers, mechanical concrete splitter, trommel shredder, loading shovels, 360 degree excavators and picking conveyors) and vehicles. The sale, storage and exportation of recovered materials. The importation, storage and sale of aggregate materials, including sand, gravel and ballast all permitted by planning permission ref ESS/35/13/UTT without compliance with condition No. 34 (vehicular access), to remove the condition requiring construction of kerbing to restrict vehicles turning right at main access. (NB The timescales have been revised by condition. Cessation required by 30 April 2022 with restoration by 30 September 2023)

Received: 11 January 2016
Decided: 7 April 2016 · Granted
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Essex County Council

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

ReceivedReceived11 Jan
ValidatedValidated11 Jan
Consult.Consultation18 Feb
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided7 Apr

Decided in 87 days (council typically 35)

5 weeks typical decision time in Essex97% of conditions applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is an application to discharge conditions at Widdington Pit, Hollow Road, Widdington, Essex, CB11 3SL. Essex has handled 301 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 42 days. This one was decided in 87 days, 6 weeks longer than Essex's median. There have been 18 other applications at this address. We hold 749 applications in total for the CB11 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference

ESS/04/16/UTT

Address

Widdington Pit, Hollow Road, Widdington, Essex, CB11 3SL

Postcode

CB11 3SL

Local Authority

Essex

Application Type

Removal/Variation of Condition ESS

Scale / Size

Small

Decision Status

Permitted

Current Status

Decision Made

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address

Berwick House Baylham Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8RF

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

11 January 2016

Consultation Expiry

18 February 2016

Date Decided

7 April 2016

Date Validated

11 January 2016

Date Submitted

11 January 2016

Consultation End

18 February 2016

Committee Meeting

4 April 2016

Planning Decision

Decision

Granted

Decided By

Delegated

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents

Coordinates

51.959885, 0.234795

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Essex

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Associated applications

2016
11 Jan
Continuation of use of land for skip hire, waste recycling, waste transfer and green waste composting…
This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditionsESS/04/16/UTT
2013
6 Jun
Continuation of excavation of sand and restoration of land to agricultural use, including deposit of inert…
ApprovedFull Planning Application ESSFiled alongsideESS/34/13/UTT
2013
6 Jun
Continuation of excavation of sand and restoration of land to agricultural use, including deposit of inert…
ApprovedScreening Opinion Request CC/ESSFiled alongsideESS/34/13/UTT/SO
2013
6 Jun
Continuation of use of land for skip hire, waste recycling, waste transfer and green waste composting…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPart ofESS/35/13/UTT
2013
6 Jun
Continuation of use of land for skip hire, waste recycling, waste transfer and green waste composting…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongsideESS/35/13/UTT/SO

Planning history at this site

18 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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