Newport Chalk Quarry, Chalk Farm Lane, Newport, Saffron Walden, Essex
Proposal
Details pursuant to Condition 16 – Noise monitoring for planning application ref: ESS/111/22/UTT (Importation of inert material, installation and use of recycling plant and the final disposal of inert residues to facilitate restoration of the site to calcareous grassland, together with the continued extraction of chalk reserve)
- Received
- 25 March 2026
- Decided
- 27 March 2026 · Granted
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Essex County Council
- Ward
- Stansted ED
- ReceivedSubmitted25 Mar
- ValidatedValidated25 Mar
- Consult.Consultation27 Mar
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided27 Mar
Decided in 2 days (council typically 35)
This is an application to discharge conditions at Newport Chalk Quarry, Chalk Farm Lane, Newport, Saffron Walden, Essex. 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 2 days, 6 weeks quicker than Essex's median. The site is in the Saffron Walden conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Stansted ED. We hold 1,292 applications in total for the CB10 postcode area.
Application Details
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Additional Information
Source: Essex
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20266 Jul
Details pursuant to Condition 11 – Six monthly progress report for planning application ref: ESS/111/22/UTT
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsESS/111/22/UTT/11/4 - 202628 Apr
Details pursuant to Condition 11 - Six monthly progress report for planning application ref: ESS/111/22/UTT
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsESS/111/22/UTT/11/3 - 202514 Feb
Details pursuant to Condition 16 – Noise monitoring for planning application ref: ESS/111/22/UTT
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsESS/111/22/UTT/16/3
Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Saffron Walden 1
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.
Also checked, none recorded (19)
flood storage areas, 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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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 2026-10-09. 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.
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