Widdingrton Pit Hollow Road Widdington Saffron Walden Essex
Proposal
Continuation of excavation of sand and restoration of land to agricultural use, including deposit of inert waste permitted by planning permission re ESS/44/08/UTT (UTT/1658/08/CC) without compliance with: condition 3 (cessation dates for development and restoration) to allow extended period for development until 30 June 2025 and restoration by 31st December 2026 (an additional 12 years); condition 4 (removal of infrastructure) to allow retention of infrastructure until 30 June 2026; condition 17 (soil movement) to allow soil movements between March and October and condition 28 (traffic movements) to remove the limitation of no more than an average of 50 lorry movement (25 in, 25 out) in any one day.
- Received
- 17 July 2013
- Decided
- 7 August 2013 · No Objections
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Uttlesford District Council
- Ward
- Newport
- ReceivedReceived17 Jul
- ValidatedValidated17 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date7 Aug
- DecidedDecided7 Aug
Decided in 21 days (council typically 49)
This is a planning application at Widdingrton Pit Hollow Road Widdington Saffron Walden Essex. Uttlesford has handled 134 applications of this type and approves 84% of them, typically deciding them in 22 days. This one was decided in 21 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 52 applications across Newport.
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Associated applications
- 201317 Jul
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This applicationApprovedOtherUTT/13/1916/CC - 200814 Oct
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ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPart ofUTT/1658/08/CC
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)
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