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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Wivenhoe Quarry, Alresford Road, Wivenhoe, Colchester, Essex, CO7 9JU
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Wivenhoe Quarry, Alresford Road, Wivenhoe, Colchester, Essex, CO7 9JU
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Continuation of use for the extraction of sand & gravel, reinstatement with inert fill and restoration to part agriculture, part nature conservation and part open water without compliance with conditions 48 (Processing materials), 50 (Operations completion date) and 51 (Removal of all associated infrastructure) attached to planning permission ref: ESS/41/10/TEN to allow the continued importation and use of crushed rock for coated roadstone purposes during the life of the permitted operations and an extension in time to the life of the permitted operations and deadline for removal of all associated infrastructure for an additional 3 years until 31 December 2015.
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