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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Blackleys Quarry, (Essex Show Ground),Great Leighs,Chelmsford,CM3 1QB
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Council sourceDetails pursuant to condition 55 (planing details) of ESS/48/08/CHL - Continuation of sand and gravel extraction, importation of inert waste materials and use of access road for a period of 7 years to 13 November 2015 without complying with Conditions 3, 34, 53 + 57 of ESS/42/06/CHL and conditions 4 + 5 of ESS/59/07/CHL together with amended working phases and restoration at reduced levels to agriculture, woodland, parkland, lake and permanent pasture
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