Widdington Pit, Hollow Road, Widdington, CB11 3SL
Proposal
Continuation of use of land for skip hire, waste recycling, waste transfer and green waste composting operations, involving the importation, deposit, sorting, recycling, processing of waste materials (including construction and demolition waste, soil, wood, metal, plastics, green waste, road planings) the storage of skips, waste and recovered materials and use of processing machinery (including soil screeners, concrete crushers, mechanical concrete splitter, trommel shredder, loading shovels, 360 degree excavators and picking conveyors) and vehicles. The sale, storage and exportation of recovered materials. The importation, storage and sale of aggregate materials, including sand, gravel and ballast all permitted by planning permission ref ESS/49/07/UTT without compliance with condition 2 (cessation date) to allow extended period for development of an additional 12 years until 31 December 2025 and restoration by 30 June 2026. (NB The timescales have been revised by condition. Cessation required by 30 April 2022 with restoration by 30 September 2023)
- Received
- 3 November 2015
- Decided
- 7 April 2016 · Granted
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Essex County Council
- Ward
- Stansted ED
- ReceivedReceived3 Nov
- ValidatedValidated3 Nov
- Consult.Consultation23 Nov
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided7 Apr
Decided in 156 days (council typically 35)
This is an application to discharge conditions at Widdington Pit, Hollow Road, Widdington, CB11 3SL. 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 156 days, 16 weeks longer than Essex's median. There have been 38 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Stansted ED. We hold 749 applications in total for the CB11 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
20 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202225 Mar
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ApprovedDischarge of conditionsESS/83/19/UTT/4/1 - 20217 Oct
Details pursuant to Condition 5 – Maintenance and management plan for planning application ref: ESS/83/19/UTT
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsESS/83/19/UTT/5/1 - 20217 Oct
Details pursuant to Condition 2 – Construction Management Plan for planning application ref: ESS/83/19/UTT
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsESS/83/19/UTT/2/1 - 20217 Oct
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ApprovedDischarge of conditionsESS/83/19/UTT/3/1 - 20218 Sep
Details pursuant to Condition 32 – Scheme of additional landscape and visual mitigation for planning…
WithdrawnDischarge of conditionsESS/30/19/UTT/32/1 - 20213 Sep
Details pursuant to Condition 21 – Additional lighting for planning application ref: ESS/30/19/UTT
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsESS/30/19/UTT/21/1 - 20212 Sep
Demolition of an existing workshop and the construction of a replacement building (in a revised location)
ApprovedFull Planning Application ESSESS/80/21/UTT - 202125 Jun
EIA Screeening Opinion: Continuation of excavation of sand and restoration of land to agricultural use…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsESS/68/21/UTT/SO - 202125 Jun
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ApprovedDischarge of conditionsESS/68/21/UTT - 202125 Jun
Continuation of use of land for skip hire, waste recycling, waste transfer and green waste composting…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsESS/67/21/UTT - 202125 Jun
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ApprovedDischarge of conditionsESS/67/21/UTT/SO - 20212 Jun
Details pursuant to Condition 24 – Aftercare scheme (phase 1) for planning application ref: ESS/35/18/UTT
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsESS/35/18/UTT/24/1 - 201927 Sep
Surface water drainage and treatment scheme
ApprovedFull Planning Application ESSESS/83/19/UTT - 201914 May
Construction of a waste transfer building to house recycling operations currently permitted as part of…
ApprovedFull Planning Application ESSESS/30/19/UTT - 201914 May
EIA Screening Opinion: Construction of a waste transfer building to house recycling operations currently…
ApprovedScreening Opinion Request CC/ESSESS/30/19/UTT/SO - 201820 Nov
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ApprovedDischarge of conditionsESS/35/18/UTT/SO - 20182 Oct
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ApprovedDischarge of conditionsESS/35/18/UTT - 201611 Jan
Continuation of excavation of sand and restoration of land to agricultural use, including deposit of inert…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsESS/03/16/UTT
Planning 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)
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