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, Little Canfield, Dunmow, Essex, CM6 1SL
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Highwood Quarry, Stortford Road, Little Canfield, Dunmow, Essex, CM6 1SL
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Details pursuant to condition 13 (Noise monitoring Oct 2020) of ESS/20/18/UTT. ESS/20/18/UTT was for “Continuation of the 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 originally permitted by planning permission ref. ESS/52/13/UTT without compliance with Condition 4 (Hours of operation) to allow heavy goods vehicles to travel off site 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 | 19 Nov 2020 | View |
| Decision LetterDecision Letter | 19 Nov 2020 | View |
| DECISION NOTICE ESS/20/18/UTTDECISION NOTICE ESS/20/18/UTT | 23 Oct 2020 | View |
| Periodic Noise Monitoring Report 13/10/20Periodic Noise Monitoring Report 13/10/20 | 23 Oct 2020 | View |
| Little Easton Parish Council 01/11/20 consultation responseLittle Easton Parish Council 01/11/20 consultation response | 1 Nov 2020 | View |
| Uttlesford District ResponseUttlesford District Response | 9 Nov 2020 | View |
| Ringway Jacobs Consultation ResponseRingway Jacobs Consultation Response | 11 Nov 2020 | View |
| Uttlesford District ResponseUttlesford District Response | 19 Nov 2020 | View |
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