Essex, Multiple Planning Notices
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Essex County Council
PLANNING APPLICATION
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990
(as amended)
Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) Notice under Article 15
Notice is hereby given that Essex County Council has received planning applications from G & B Finch Limited for:
(i) Continuation of use without compliance with Conditions 2 (Cessation); 4 (Approved Details) and 5 (Phasing) of planning permission ESS/78/23/MAL (Continuation of Mineral Extraction and ancillary use of planning permission ref: ESS/16/14/MAL which itself was a Variation of Condition permission providing for an extended timescale and importation of inert materials), to now enable the continuation of operations and an amendment to the approved phasing in line with proposals for the working and restoration of a southern extension to Asheldham Quarry at Asheldham Quarry, Tillingham Road, Asheldham, Southminster, CM0 7DZ – ESS/68/25/MAL
(ii) Continuation of use without compliance with Condition 1 (Duration) of planning permission ESS/125/22/MAL (Installation of a mixed construction and demolition soils wash plant with associated infrastructure) to now extend the time period in line with proposals for the working and restoration of a southern extension to Asheldham Quarry at Asheldham Quarry, Tillingham Road, Asheldham, Southminster, CM0 7DZ – ESS/70/25/MAL
Members of the public may inspect a copy of the application and other documents submitted with it online at https://planning.essex.gov.uk
Consultation on this application is open until 9 October 2025.
Representations or objections in respect of this application can be made online at https://planning.essex.gov.uk
via email to mineralsandwastedm@essex.gov.uk; or in writing to the undersigned by 9 October 2025. Please include your name, full postal address and if possible email address.
Any representations or objections received will be taken into account by the Council with the result that they may be made available to the public.
For details on how information will be used and held by ECC please see the County Planning Privacy Statement at https://www.essex.gov.uk/county-planning-privacy-notice
Graham Thomas, Head of Planning Service, Essex County Council, County Planning, Place & Public Health, E1 County Hall, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 1QH
PLANNING APPLICATION
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990
(as amended)
Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure)
(England) Order 2015 (as amended)
Notice under Article 15
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING
(ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) REGULATIONS 2017
Notice is hereby given that Essex County Council has received a planning application from G & B Finch Limited for a southern extension to Asheldham Quarry for the extraction, processing, sale and distribution of sand and gravel with subsequent restoration using inert materials at Asheldham Quarry, Tillingham Road, Asheldham, Southminster, CM0 7DZ – ESS/69/25/MAL
The proposal may affect the setting of ASHELDHAM HALL which is Listed and ASHELDHAM YOUTH CHURCH AND CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE II which is Grade A.
The proposed development may not accord with the provision of the development plan in force in the area which the land to which the application relates is situated.
Footpath/Bridleway PROW 240_10 may be affected by the proposal.
Members of the public may inspect a copy of the application and other documents submitted with it including the Environmental Statement online at https://planning.essex.gov.uk
Consultation on this application is open until 23rd October 2025.
For as long as stocks last, a hard copy of the Environmental Statement is available from PDE Consulting Limited, 6 Forbes Business Centre, Kempson Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7AR, at a cost of £300 plus postage. The Non-Technical Summary is available electronically for free.
Representations or objections in respect of this application can be made online at https://planning.essex.gov.uk
via email to mineralsandwastedm@essex.gov.uk; or in writing to the undersigned by 9 October 2025. Please include your name, full postal address and if possible email address.
Any representations or objections received will be taken into account by the Council with the result that they may be made available to the public.
For details on how information will be used and held by ECC please see the County Planning Privacy Statement at
https://www.essex.gov.uk/county-planning-privacy-notice/
Graham Thomas, Head of Planning Service, Essex County Council, County Planning, Place & Public Health, E1 County Hall, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 1QH
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