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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Highwood Quarry, Stortford Road, Great Dunmow, Essex, CM6 1SL
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Highwood Quarry, Stortford Road, Great Dunmow, Essex, CM6 1SL
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Details pursuant to condition 1 (notification of commencement) of Planning Permission ESS/17/20/UTT. ESS/17/20/UTT was for “Continuation of the Importation of 70,000m³ per annum of inert waste and the installation and use of a soils washing plant for the recycling of waste, together with associated access onto the highway and a separate silt press as permitted by planning permission ref. ESS/21/18UTT without compliance with condition 4, 6, 17 and 19 (Hours of operation) to allow heavy goods vehicles to travel offsite between the hours 0600 and 0700 Monday to Saturday."
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Sign in to view collected details| Document | Published | Action |
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| ReportReport | 27 May 2021 | View |
| Decision LetterDecision Letter | 27 May 2021 | View |
| Decision NoticeDecision Notice | 21 May 2021 | View |
| Agent EmailAgent Email | 26 May 2021 | View |
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