Widdington Pit, Hollow Road, Widdington, CB11 3SL

ESS/30/19/UTT/SOScreening Opinion Request CC/ESSPermitted

Outline / PiP

Proposal

EIA Screening Opinion: Construction of a waste transfer building to house recycling operations currently permitted as part of planning application ref: ESS/04/16/UTT together with associated concrete hardstanding and other changes to the approved site layout

Received: 14 May 2019
Decided: 23 April 2021 · EIA not required
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Essex County Council

Approximate site (title boundary)

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ReceivedReceived14 May
ValidatedValidated29 May
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided23 Apr

Decided in 695 days (council typically 35)

5 weeks typical decision time in Essex100% of outline applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is an outline application at Widdington Pit, Hollow Road, Widdington, CB11 3SL. Essex has handled 44 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 35 days. This one was decided in 710 days, 96 weeks longer than Essex's median. There have been 38 other applications at this address. We hold 748 applications in total for the CB11 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference

ESS/30/19/UTT/SO

Address

Widdington Pit, Hollow Road, Widdington, CB11 3SL

Postcode

CB11 3SL

Local Authority

Essex

Application Type

Screening Opinion Request CC/ESS

Scale / Size

Medium

Decision Status

Permitted

Current Status

Decision Made

Applicant & Agent

Applicant Address

Widdington Pit Hollow Road Widdington CB11 3SL

Agent Address

65 Gresham Street London EC2V 7NQ

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

14 May 2019

Date Decided

23 April 2021

Date Validated

29 May 2019

Date Submitted

14 May 2019

Committee Meeting

23 April 2021

Planning Decision

Decision

EIA not required

Decided By

Delegated

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents

Coordinates

51.957302, 0.224944

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Essex

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Associated applications

2019
14 May
Construction of a waste transfer building to house recycling operations currently permitted as part of…
ApprovedFull Planning Application ESSRelatedESS/30/19/UTT
2019
14 May
EIA Screening Opinion: Construction of a waste transfer building to house recycling operations currently…
This applicationApprovedOutlineESS/30/19/UTT/SO
2018
20 Nov
Details pursuant to Condition 23 – Fixed lighting for planning application ref: ESS/04/16/UTT
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsESS/04/16/UTT/23/1
2016
11 Jan
Continuation of use of land for skip hire, waste recycling, waste transfer and green waste composting…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPart ofESS/04/16/UTT

Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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