ESS/27/26/COLPlanning Application ESS/27/26/COL
Outline application at Birch Quarry Roundbush Corner Maldon Road Colchester Layer CO5 9XE, Essex. View planning documents, track the decision and get email alerts on updates.
“The extraction of sand and gravel from the southern extension area; construction of temporary soil screening bunds, construction of a new embankment within the western extension to form a new silt lagoon (to accommodate the silt from the southern extension area), the continued use of the adjoining Birch Quarry access and haul road, stocking area processing plant, bagging plant, silt and settlement lagoons and related infrastructure, the construction of a tunnel under the B1022 to allow for the installation and use of a temporary conveyor link and pipes between the extraction area and Birch Quarry, creation of a new road access onto Maldon Road, temporary site office and parking and the importation of suitable restoration materials to establish the proposed restoration contours and after uses”.
ESS/27/26/COL
Birch Quarry Roundbush Corner Maldon Road Colchester Layer CO5 9XE
This is an outline application for an extension at Birch Quarry Roundbush Corner Maldon Road Colchester Layer CO5 9XE. Essex has handled 44 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 35 days. It was submitted on 14 April 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 2 applications across Stanway and Marks Tey ED. We hold 1,505 applications in total for the CO5 postcode area.
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Source: Essex