Tye Road - Application For Planning Permission

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 a planning application from R W Mitchell & Sons for Variation of condition 2, 3, 4 and 18 of planning permission ref: ESS/86/25/TEN (Construction of a borrow pit, as an extension to Elmstead Hall Reservoir, to support the A120 / A133 Link Road Scheme), made under section 73, to extend the period of time in which soils, sand and gravel can be exported via Tye Road and to allow use of the A1331 in this regard; to amend the routeing of the north west haul road; and to extend the end/restoration date of the site.

Location: Elmstead Hall, Tye Road, Elmstead, Colchester, Essex.

Planning Application Ref: ESS/47/26/TEN

The proposed development may not accord with the provisions of the Essex Minerals Local Plan (2014) and/or the Tendring District Local Plan 2013-2033 and Beyond: Section 1 (2021) and Section 2 (2022) and Tendring Colchester Borders Garden Community Development Plan Document (2025) in force in the area which the land to which the application relates is situated.

The proposal may affect the setting of a number of nearby heritage assets, including but not limited to Elmstead Hall (Grade II), Church of St Anne and St Lawrence (Grade I), Group of three Tombstones approx. 30m north-east of Chancel (Grade II) and Allen’s Farmhouse (Grade II). Footpath 2 (Elmstead) and Restricted Byway 21 (Elmstead) may also be affected.

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 31 July 2026.

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. 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, County Hall, Market Road Chelmsford, Essex CM1 1QH.

DATED: 10TH JULY 2026