Colchester Quarry, Warren Lane, Stanway, CO3 0NN
Approved on 24 June 2025
Council decision: Resolved to be Granted subject to conditions & legal agree
Proposal
The continuation of use of land for mineral extraction, processing and ancillary use without compliance with Conditions 2a (Cessation dates); 19 (Importation Restriction); 36 and 42 (Use of sands) of appeal planning permission APP/Z1585/W/22/3312874 that was for afteruse provisions on the land parcels comprising the Wallace Lagoon area at Colchester Quarry to now allow for an Extension of Time for the operation of the Dry Silo Mortar Plant (DSMP), Sand and Gravel Processing Plant (SGPP) and importation of up to 300,000 tonnes per annum of unprocessed sand and gravel from Tarmac’s Bucklesham Quarry (Suffolk) and Sunnymead Quarry (Essex) and processed sand from Tarmac Quarries and Wharves for processing and use within the DSMP
- Received
- 3 February 2025
- Council
- Essex County Council
- Ward
- Stanway and Pyefleet ED
- ReceivedReceived3 Feb
- ValidatedValidated11 Feb
- Consult.Consultation22 May
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided24 Jun
Decided in 133 days (council typically 35)
About this application
This is an application to discharge conditions at Colchester Quarry, Warren Lane, Stanway, CO3 0NN. Essex has handled 306 applications of this type. This one was decided in 141 days, 15 weeks longer than Essex's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 4 applications across Stanway and Pyefleet ED. We hold 737 applications in total for the CO3 postcode area.
97% of conditions 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
- Removal/Variation of Condition ESS
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Stanway CP
- District
- Colchester District
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 February 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 22 May 2025
- Consultation start
- 8 May 2025
- Consultation end
- 22 May 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Fox Studio King Street Much Wenlock TF13 6BL
Additional information
- Documents
- 20
Site 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.
Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences
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© 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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Source: Essex
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