Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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Newport Chalk Quarry, Chalk Farm Lane, Newport, Saffron Walden, Essex
Newport Chalk Quarry, Chalk Farm Lane, Newport, Saffron Walden, Essex
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EIA SCREENING OPINION: Continuation of the importation of inert material, installation and use of recycling plant and the final disposal of inert residues to facilitate restoration of the site to calcareous grassland, together with the continued extraction of chalk reserve (application ref: ESS/42/18/UTT) without compliance with condition 6 (HGV movements) to allow an increase in the permitted number of daily HGV movements
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| EIA Screening OpinionEIA Screening Opinion | 25 May 2023 | View |
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