Blackley Quarry, Gt Leighs, Braintree, CM3 1QP
Proposal
Non-Material Amendment to the Description of Development of planning permission ESS/42/17/CHL to amend the wording with respect to plant and remove reference to revised restoration. ESS/42/17/CHL is the extant planning permission for " Extraction of an estimated reserve of 2.8 million tonnes of sand and gravel (from sites A38 and A39 as identified in the Minerals Local Plan 2014) and retention of existing access onto the A131, retention of existing sand and gravel processing plant (to be relocated within site A38), progressive restoration to agriculture using inert fill, installation of inert recycling facility, including screening and crushing to recover secondary aggregate. In addition revised restoration scheme for the existing quarry area"
- Received
- 1 September 2026
- Decided
- 7 October 2026 · Granted
- Council
- Essex County Council
- ReceivedSubmitted1 Sep
- ValidatedValidated1 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided7 Oct
Decided in 36 days (council typically 35)
This is a planning application at Blackley Quarry, Gt Leighs, Braintree, CM3 1QP. Essex has handled 6 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 28 days. This one was decided in 36 days, 8 days longer than Essex's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,930 applications in total for the CM3 postcode area.
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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)
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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© 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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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