Widdington Pit Hollow Road Widdington Essex
Proposal
Continuation of use of land for skip hire, waste recycling, waste transfer and green waste composting operations, involving the importation, deposit, sorting, recycling, processing of waste materials (including construction and demolition waste, soil, wood, metal, plastics, green waste, road planings) the storage of skips, waste and recovered materials and use of processing machinery (including soil screeners, concrete crushers, mechanical concrete splitter, trommel shredder, loading shovels, 360 degree excavators and picking conveyors) and vehicles. The sale, storage and exportation of recovered materials. The importation, storage and sale of aggregate materials, including sand, gravel and ballast all permitted by planning permission ref ESS/35/13/UTT without compliance with condition No. 34 (vehicular access), to remove the condition requiring construction of kerbing to restrict vehicles turning right at main access. (NB The timescales have been revised by condition. Cessation required by 30 April 2022 with restoration by 30 September 2023)Ecc reference ESS/04/16/UTT
- Received
- 27 January 2016
- Decided
- 15 February 2016 · No Objections
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Uttlesford District Council
- Ward
- Newport
- ReceivedReceived27 Jan
- ValidatedValidated27 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date17 Feb
- DecidedDecided15 Feb
Decided in 19 days (council typically 49)
This is a planning application for demolition at Widdington Pit Hollow Road Widdington 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 19 days, 3 days quicker than Uttlesford's median. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 52 applications across Newport.
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Associated applications
- 201627 Jan
Continuation of use of land for skip hire, waste recycling, waste transfer and green waste composting…
This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditionsUTT/16/0232/CC - 201627 Jan
Continuation of excavation of sand and restoration of land to agricultural use, including deposit of inert…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongsideUTT/16/0233/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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