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Land at Sheepcotes Farm, Sheepcotes Lane, Little Waltham, CM3 3LU

ESS/52/26/CHLRemoval/Variation of Condition ESSApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 2 October 2026

Council decision: Granted31 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Continuation of development without compliance with conditions 3 and 4 (cessation dates) of planning permission ref: ESS/01/18/CHL to allow an extension of time to complete mineral extraction and site restoration

Received
6 July 2026
Ward
Broomfield and Writtle ED
  1. Received6 Jul
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.6 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Oct

Decided in 87 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Land at Sheepcotes Farm, Sheepcotes Lane, Little Waltham, CM3 3LU. Essex has handled 306 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 8 weeks longer than Essex's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 3 applications across Broomfield and Writtle ED. We hold 2,982 applications in total for the CM3 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
CM3 3LU
Application type
Removal/Variation of Condition ESS
Parish
Little Waltham CP
District
Chelmsford District

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 July 2026
Consultation expiry
6 August 2026
Consultation end
6 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
6 Forbes Business Centre Kempson Way Bury Saint Edmunds Suffolk IP32 7AR

Planning decision

Case officer
Tom Sycamore

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

Source: Essex

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