Colchester and Ardleigh, Essex - Multiple Planning Applications

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

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) REGULATIONS 2017

Notice is hereby given that Essex County Council has received a planning application from Heidelberg Materials UK Limited for “The extraction of sand and gravel from the southern extension area; construction of temporary soil screening bunds, construction of a new embankment within the western extension to form a new silt lagoon (to accommodate the silt from the southern extension area), the continued use of the adjoining Birch Quarry access and haul road, stocking area processing plant, bagging plant, silt and settlement lagoons and related infrastructure, the construction of a tunnel under the B1022 to allow for the installation and use of a temporary conveyor link and pipes between the extraction area and Birch Quarry, creation of a new road access onto Maldon Road, temporary site office and parking and the importation of suitable restoration materials to establish the proposed restoration contours and after uses”. Land at Birch Quarry Roundbush Corner Maldon Road Colchester Layer CO5 9XE – ESS/27/26/COL

The proposed development may not accord with the provision of the Essex Minerals Local Plan Adopted July 2014 in force in the area which the land to which the application relates is situated.

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 7 June 2026.

For as long as stocks last, a copy of the Environmental Statement (ES) is available from Ben Ayres, Land & Mineral Resources Manager, Heidelberg Materials UK, The Ridge, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol BS37 6AY or: ben.ayres@heidelbergmaterials.com

The cost of paper copies (inclusive of VAT and postage) is: ES Hard Copy £30.00

Non Technical Summary Paper Copy is free of charge.

Representations or objections in respect of this application can be made online at https://planning.essex.gov.uk via email to mineralsandwaste@essex.gov.uk; or in writing to the undersigned by 7 June 2026. 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, E2 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

Notice is hereby given that Essex County Council has submitted a planning application for:

Installation of soil screener and associated storage clamps for the provision of screening 4000 tons of soil per annum.

Location: Essex County Council Waste Transfer Station, Colchester Eastern Bypass, Ardleigh, CO7 7SL. Reference: ESS/26/26/TEN

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 29 May 2026.

Representations or objections in respect of this application can be made online at https://planning.essex.gov.uk via email to mineralsandwaste@essex.gov.uk; or in writing to the undersigned by 29 May 2026. 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,

E2 County Hall, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 1QH