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Land at Colchester Quarry, Warren Lane, Stanway, Colchester, Essex, CO3 0NN

ESS/05/22/COL/29/01Submission of Details CC/ESSApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 16 October 2026

Council decision: Granted

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

Proposal

Details pursuant to Condition 14 (Noise Monitoring Survey) of ESS/03/22/COL that was for "Continued use of land for infilling" and Condition 29 (Noise Monitoring Survey) of ESS/05/22/COL that was for "Continuation of Mineral Extraction and ancillary use without compliance with Condition 2(b) (Duration) and 18 (Importation Duration) of planning permission ref: ESS/52/17/COL (Revised) that itself was a Variation of Condition of a previous permission to now allow for an extended timescale to both complete the extraction and restoration of Five Ways Fruit Farm and to complete the importation of mineral from Bellhouse Quarry into Stanway Quarry

Received
17 September 2026
  1. Received17 Sep
  2. Validated18 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Oct

Decided in 28 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is a planning application at Land at Colchester Quarry, Warren Lane, Stanway, Colchester, Essex, CO3 0NN. Essex has handled 46 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 7 days quicker than Essex's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. We hold 737 applications in total for the CO3 postcode area.

100% of submission of details cc/ess applications at Essex County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 5 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CO3 0NN
Application type
Submission of Details CC/ESS

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Warren Lane Stanway Colchester Essex CO3 0NN
Applicant company

Tarmac Trading Limited

Company number 00453791

Status
Active
Type
Private limited company
Incorporated
7 May 1948 (78 years old)
Nature of business
Quarrying of ornamental and building stone, limestone, gypsum, chalk and slate; Production of abrasive products; Construction of roads and motorways; Activities of head offices
Registered office
Birmingham

14 other planning applications by this company in Bridgend, Essex, Oxfordshire and 4 more councils.

  • ESS/05/22/COL/NMA/1 · Essex · Colchester Quarry, Warren Lane, Stanway, Essex, CO3 0NN
  • ESS/113/23/COL/NMA/1 · Essex · Land at Bellhouse Farm South
  • MW.0127/26 · Oxfordshire · Banbury Rail Siding, Waterworks Road, Hennef Way, Banbury, OX16 3JJ
  • MW.0125/26 · Oxfordshire · Banbury Rail Siding, Waterworks Road, Hennef Way, Banbury, OX16 3JJ
  • MW.0126/26 · Oxfordshire · Banbury Rail Siding, Waterworks Road, Hennef Way, Banbury, OX16 3JJ
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Company information from Companies House.

Planning decision

Case officer
Terry Burns

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    18 Sep

    Details pursuant to Condition 14 (Noise Monitoring Survey) of ESS/03/22/COL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongsideESS/03/22/COL/14/6
  2. 2026
    18 Sep

    Details pursuant to Condition 14 (Noise Monitoring Survey) of ESS/03/22/COL

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditionsESS/05/22/COL/29/01

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