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Kent, Single Planning Application
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Notice of Application for Planning Permission
Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015
NOTICE UNDER ARTICLE 15 OF APPLICATION FOR PLANNING PERMISSION ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT AND UNDER THE PLANNING (LISTED BUILDING AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990
TM/26/836 (KCC/TM/0006/2026) – Proposed development at Lands at, and to the North of Wrotham Quarry, Addington, Wrotham, Kent ME19 5DL.
Ferns Group Ltd is applying to Kent County Council Planning Applications Group for planning permission for The winning and working of minerals (silica and building sand) in the form of a lateral northerly extension to the existing quarry with restoration to original ground levels to be achieved via infilling the quarry void with imported inert construction and demolition waste (C&DW); the permanent storage of indigenous overburden materials within the main quarry void for the purposes of buttressing the reservoir to the West of the main quarry void; the temporary diversion of Footpaths MR183 and MR165; the erection of an earthen screening bund; the revised phasing of extraction, infilling, buttressing and restoration works permitted at the Site to be secured via the relinquishment of all extant planning permissions and previous Section 106 legal agreements at the Site; and the progressive restoration of the Site to agriculture and biodiversity afteruses.
The application is accompanied by an environmental statement. The proposed development affects a public right of way and would affect the setting of a listed building.
Details of the application documents, the environmental statement and appendices, and the plans and other documents submitted with the application can be viewed on Kent County Council’s website at www.kentplanningapplications.co.uk, using reference KCC/TM/0006/2026
Members of the public may also obtain copies of the environmental statement from Quarryplan Ltd, 10 Saintfield Road Crossgar Downpatrick Co. Down, BT30 9HY Tel: 028 4483 2904, at a charge of £250 for a hard copy (including appendices) or £15 for a CD copy. Copies of the Environmental Statement will also be available to view between the hours of 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday at Wrotham Quarry: Wrotham Quarry, Addington, Wrotham, Kent ME19 5DL. Tel: 01732 870970
All documents submitted with the application are available to view online via the County Council’s website as referenced above.
You can submit any comments on the application online using the link provided on the County Council’s website, or by emailing planning.applications@kent.gov.uk. If you prefer, you may also write to the Planning Applications Group, Kent County Council, County Hall, Maidstone, Kent ME14 1XQ. However, we would strongly recommend submitting comments online or by email due to ongoing hybrid working arrangements.
Anyone who wishes to make representations in relation to this application should submit comments by 14 June 2024. Please quote the application reference number:
KCC/TM/0006/2026 and note that comments may be drawn to the attention of Council Members, the applicant and other interested persons and may include publishing on the Borough Council website.
Sharon Thompson
Head of Planning Applications Group
Kent County Council
Dated: 14 May 2026
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