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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Blackley Quarry, Land to the north east and north west of Blackley Lane, A131, Great Leighs, CM3 1QP
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Blackley Quarry, Land to the north east and north west of Blackley Lane, A131, Great Leighs, CM3 1QP
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Continuation of planning permission ESS/46/16/CHL without compliance with condition 3 (Application details), condition 27 (Stockpile heights and locations) and condition 35 (Tree and hedge planting details) to allow: additional bunding, amended timescales for some planting and clarification as to permitted stockpile locations. Planning permission ESS/16/15/CHL as varied by ESS/46/16/CHL permits “Extraction of an estimated reserve of 2.8 million tonnes of sand and gravel (from sites A38 and A39 as identified in the Minerals Local Plan 2014) and retention of existing access onto the A131, retention of existing sand and gravel processing plant (to be relocated within site A38), progressive restoration to agriculture using inert fill, installation of inert recycling facility, including screening and crushing to recover secondary aggregate. In addition revised restoration scheme for the existing quarry area"
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Sign in to view collected details| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Delegated ReportDelegated Report | 30 Mar 2020 | View |
| Decision NoticeDecision Notice | 30 Mar 2020 | View |
| Application FormApplication Form | 15 Aug 2017 | View |
| Covering LetterCovering Letter | 14 Aug 2017 | View |
| How the fee was calculatedHow the fee was calculated | 14 Aug 2017 | View |
| A summary of the attachments in the proposalA summary of the attachments in the proposal | 14 Aug 2017 | View |
| Cover Letter - Amended PlanCover Letter - Amended Plan | 14 Aug 2017 | View |
| Planting Schedule & aftercare scheme as approved under ESS/16/16/CHLPlanting Schedule & aftercare scheme as approved under ESS/16/16/CHL | 20 Sept 2017 | View |
| Advance Planting Plan - Revision B - May 2017Advance Planting Plan - Revision B - May 2017 | 14 Aug 2017 | View |
| Advance Planting Plan - Revision D - July 2017Advance Planting Plan - Revision D - July 2017 | 14 Aug 2017 | View |
| Site NoticeSite Notice | 15 Aug 2017 | View |
| Parish ResponseParish Response | 31 Aug 2017 | View |
| Uttlesford District ResponseUttlesford District Response | 5 Sept 2017 | View |
| Chelmsford ResponseChelmsford Response | 14 Sept 2017 | View |
| UU Legal DocumentUU Legal Document | 31 Mar 2020 | View |
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