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

ESS/45/18/COL/4/2Submission of Details CC/ESSApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 8 October 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Details pursuant to Condition 4 (Archaeological soil stripping) 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
18 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Stanway and Pyefleet ED
  1. Received18 Sep
  2. Validated19 Sep
  3. Consult.8 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Oct

Decided in 19 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 306 applications of this type. This one was decided in 20 days, 2 weeks quicker than Essex's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 14 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 4 applications across Stanway and Pyefleet ED. We hold 1,567 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
Parish
Birch CP
District
Colchester District

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 September 2025
Consultation expiry
8 October 2025
Consultation start
24 September 2025
Consultation end
8 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Ridge Chipping Sodbury Bristol BS37 6AY

Additional information

Documents
6

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

14 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    26 Sep

    Details pursuant to Condition 21 (Noise) of Planning permission ESS/45/18/COL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsESS/45/18/COL/21/3
  2. 2025
    7 Apr

    Details pursuant to Condition 21 (Noise) of Planning permission ESS/45/18/COL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsESS/45/18/COL/21/2
  3. 2024
    2 Feb

    Details pursuant to Conditions 6 (Ecology); 21 (Noise); 51 (Restoration); 52 (Landscaping); 54 (Landscaping)…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsESS/45/18/COL/51/1
  4. 2024
    2 Feb

    Details pursuant to Conditions 6 (Ecology); 21 (Noise); 51 (Restoration); 52 (Landscaping); 54 (Landscaping)…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsESS/45/18/COL/52/1
  5. 2024
    2 Feb

    Details pursuant to Conditions 6 (Ecology); 21 (Noise); 51 (Restoration); 52 (Landscaping); 54 (Landscaping)…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsESS/45/18/COL/21/1
  6. 2024
    2 Feb

    Details pursuant to Conditions 6 (Ecology); 21 (Noise); 51 (Restoration); 52 (Landscaping); 54 (Landscaping)…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsESS/45/18/COL/54/1

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