Birch Pit, Roundbush Corner, Maldon Road, Colchester, Layer Marney, CO5 9XE

ESS/45/18/COL/4/1Submission of Details CC/ESSApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 27 April 2023

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Details pursuant to Conditions 4 (Archaeological soil stripping); 5 (CEMP); 9 (Arboriculture) and 14 (Scheme of Working) of Planning permission ESS/45/18/COL that was for the Continuation of use of land for mineral extraction and ancillary use without compliance with Conditions 1 (Approved Details) and 3 (Duration) of planning permission ESX/27/92/COL originally granted for "Winning and working of sand and gravel, erection of a concrete batching plant and associated facilities, construction of a new site entrance and restoration to agriculture and amenity” to enable a revised working and restoration scheme together with an extended time period to achieve site restoration. Land at Birch Pit, Maldon Road, Birch

Received: 19 August 2022
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Essex County Council

ReceivedReceived19 Aug
ValidatedValidated18 Aug
Consult.Consultation22 Sep
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided27 Apr

Decided in 252 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Birch Pit, Roundbush Corner, Maldon Road, Colchester, Layer Marney, CO5 9XE. Essex has handled 307 applications of this type. This one was decided in 252 days, 31 weeks longer than Essex's typical decision time. There have been 14 other applications at this address. We hold 1,568 applications in total for the CO5 postcode area.

97% of conditions applications at Essex County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 5 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: CO5 9XE
Application type: Submission of Details CC/ESS
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 18 August 2022
Consultation expiry: 22 September 2022
Consultation start: 8 September 2022
Consultation end: 22 September 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Treenwood House Rowden Lane Bradford on Avon BA15 2AU

Additional information

Documents: 14

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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