Application for Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed development - Siting of a shephards hut to be used as a home office.

Consultation on Essex County Council application no. ESS/25/20/BTE - Continuation of development permitted by ESS/03/18/BTE without compliance with condition 9d (operational hours for the dry silo plant mortar [DSM]) to allow extended week day hours for the DSM between 06:00 to 07:00 and 18:30 to 22:00 Monday to Friday for the life of the development following the 12 month trial period originally granted under planning permission ESS/20/17/BTE. ESS/03/18/BTE was for Extraction of 2 million tonnes of sand and gravel (from Site A5 as identified in the Essex Minerals Local Plan 2014) including the retention of the existing access onto the A120, the processing plant (including sand and gravel washing plant), office and weighbridge, ready mix concrete plant, bagging unit, DSM plant, water and silt management systems and extension of the internal haul road into Site A5 with restoration to agriculture and biodiversity (species rich grassland and wetland)