Highwood Quarry Stortford Road Little Canfield Dunmow Essex CM6 1SL
Approved on 2 April 2025
Council decision: Opinion GivenDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Consultation on Essex County Council application ESS/16/20/UTT/66/02 - Details pursuant to condition 66 (Annual working and reclamation scheme 2025) of ESS/20/18/UTT. ESS/20/18/UTT was a variation, the original permission was ESS/65/06/UTT for "Winning and working of sand and gravel, erection of a concrete plant, workshop and ancillary buildings, and the importation and treatment of inert material to produce secondary aggregate and reclamation material for progressive restoration to landscaped farmland
- Received
- 26 March 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Uttlesford District Council
- Ward
- Takeley
- ReceivedReceived26 Mar
- ValidatedValidated26 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date16 Apr
- DecidedDecided2 Apr
Decided in 7 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a planning application at Highwood Quarry Stortford Road Little Canfield Dunmow Essex CM6 1SL. Uttlesford has handled 134 applications of this type. This one was decided in 7 days, 6 weeks quicker than Uttlesford's typical decision time. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 87 applications across Takeley. We hold 2,062 applications in total for the CM6 postcode area.
80% of all applications at Uttlesford District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- CM6 1SL
- Application type
- County Council
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Little Canfield
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 March 2025
- Target decision date
- 16 April 2025
- Decision issued
- 3 April 2025
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 21 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
Site 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)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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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.
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Planning history at this site
7 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20263 Sep
Consultation on Essex County Council Application ESS/67/26/UTT/SPO
No ObjectionsApplicationUTT/26/2299/CC - 20256 Nov
Essex County Council consultation on ESS/80/25/UTT
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsUTT/25/3025/CC - 20256 Nov
Essex County Council consultation on ESS/78/25/UTT
Opinion GivenDischarge of conditionsUTT/25/3022/CC - 20256 Nov
Essex County Council consultation on ESS/79/25/UTT
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsUTT/25/3023/CC - 20256 Nov
Essex County Council consultation on the variation of condition 3 permitted by ESS/17/20/UTT
Opinion GivenVariation of conditions (s73)UTT/25/3020/CC - 20259 Oct
Essex CC consulation on Details pursuant to Legal Agreement Clause 3.1.2 (Groundwater monitoring results Sept…
Opinion GivenDischarge of conditionsUTT/25/2750/CC - 202311 Aug
Consultation on Essex County Council application ESS/16/20/UTT/66/01
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsUTT/23/2070/CC
Source: Uttlesford
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