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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Elsenham Quarry,Hall Rd,Elsenham,Bishops Stortford,CM22 6DJ
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Council sourceCont. of dev. of landraising to achieve a scheme to ameliorate surface water drainage incorporating mitigation systems to control landfill gas & leachate requiring the landfilling of 2.34Mm3 & the extraction of 750,000t of sand to achieve site engineering (approved under plng permission ESS/51/03/UTT) without complying with Cond. 20 (lorry movements) to allow for a maximum of 250 vehicle movements on any single working day (125 in and 125 out) and 124 on Saturday (62 in and 62 out)
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Site summarySite summary | 15 Oct 2015 | View |
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