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

ESS/45/18/COL/52/1Submission of Details CC/ESSApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 22 May 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Details pursuant to Conditions 6 (Ecology); 21 (Noise); 51 (Restoration); 52 (Landscaping); 54 (Landscaping) and 55 (Amenity Aftercare) 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. Land at Birch Pit, Maldon Road, Birch

Received: 9 February 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Essex County Council
Ward: Stanway and Pyefleet ED

ReceivedReceived9 Feb
ValidatedValidated2 Feb
Consult.Consultation5 Mar
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided22 May

Decided in 475 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 475 days, 63 weeks longer 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 1,568 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
Parish: Birch CP
District: Colchester District

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 February 2024
Consultation expiry: 5 March 2024
Consultation start: 10 December 2024
Consultation end: 5 March 2024

Applicant and agent

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

Additional information

Documents: 22

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.

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.

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