Land to the South of Colchester Main Road (known as Sunnymead, Elmstead and Heath Farms), Nr Wivenhoe, Alresford, CO7 8DB
Proposal
Details pursuant to Condition 48 – Machine Movement Scheme – ESS/28/23/TEN: Continuation of Extraction of 3.8 million tonnes of sand and gravel as an easterly extension to the existing Wivenhoe Quarry, erection of sand and gravel processing plant and ancillary facilities, new vehicular access onto the B1027 Brightlingsea Road, and restoration to agriculture and low-level water-based nature conservation habitats, lowland meadow, woodland planting and hedgerow enhancement using approximately 1.2 million cubic metres of imported inert waste material without compliance with Conditions 2 (Approved details), 23 (Restoration Phasing Plan), 28 (Highway improvements and site access road) and 35 (Visibility splays) attached to permission ref ESS/17/18/TEN to allow the extraction and storage on site of sand and gravel (no export of mineral or import of waste) prior to the establishment of the approved access and highway works.
- Received
- 25 June 2024
- Decided
- 25 September 2024 · Granted
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Essex County Council
- Ward
- Brightlingsea ED Tendring Rural West ED Wivenhoe St. Andrew ED
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- ReceivedReceived25 Jun
- ValidatedValidated21 Jun
- Consult.Consultation19 Jul
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided25 Sep
Decided in 96 days (council typically 35)
This is an application to discharge conditions at Land to the South of Colchester Main Road (known as Sunnymead, Elmstead and Heath Farms), Nr Wivenhoe, Alresford, CO7 8DB. 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 96 days, 8 weeks longer than Essex's median. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,547 applications in total for the CO7 postcode area.
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Associated applications
- 202421 Jun
Details pursuant to Condition 47 – Soil Movement Scheme – ESS/28/23/TEN
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongsideESS/28/23/TEN/47/1 - 202421 Jun
Details pursuant to Condition 48 – Machine Movement Scheme – ESS/28/23/TEN
This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditionsESS/28/23/TEN/48/1
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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- 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)
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