Meeting Details

Meeting Summary

Committee:

Development and Regulation Committee

Date/Time:

24 Apr 2026 - 10:30 to 13:30

Status:

Scheduled

Venue:

Committee Room 1

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Agenda Contents (154Kb)
Agenda Document Pack - Development and Regulation Committee - 24/04/2026 (2701Kb)

Agenda

Standard Items

Membership, Apologies, Substitutions and Declarations of Interest (76Kb)

Minutes: 27 February 2026 (283Kb)

3 Identification of Items Involving Public Speaking

To note where members of the public are speaking on an agenda item. These items may be brought forward on the agenda. Please note that members of the public wishing to speak must email democratic.services@essex.gov.uk no later than 5pm on the Tuesday before the meeting.

4 Minerals and Waste

4.1

Land forming part of Rivenhall airfield, Bradwell Quarry, Coggeshall Road and Bradwell Quarry, Church Road, Bradwell (1400Kb)

To consider report DR/07/26 relating to the following:

Proposal 1: Erection of low carbon greenhouses, alterations to the existing Rivenhall hangar to support a vertical farm, associated solar renewable energy generation and supporting enabling and infrastructure works.

Ref: ESS/28/25/BTE

Location: Land forming part of Rivenhall airfield, Bradwell Quarry, Coggeshall Road (A120), Braintree.

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Proposal 2: Continuation of development permitted by ESS/12/20/BTE without compliance with conditions 2, 12, 17, 32, 33, 39, 47, 53, 60 and 62 to allow changes to: the internal haul road; contractors’ compound; water and silt management; areas of biodiversity; and restoration and aftercare schemes. ESS/12/20/BTE was planning permission for "Extraction of 6.5 million tonnes of sand and gravel (from Site A7 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. In addition, extension of the internal haul road into Site A7 and access for private and support vehicles to the Site A7 contractors' compound via Woodhouse Lane and Cuthedge Lane. Restoration of Site A7 to agriculture and biodiversity (species rich grassland and wetland)."

Ref: ESS/31/25/BTE

Location: Bradwell Quarry, Church Road, Bradwell, Essex, CM77 8EP

Appendix A ESS-28-25-BTE Greenhouses Conditions (223Kb)
Appendix B ESS-31-25-BTE S73 Quarry Conditions (291Kb)

5 Information Items

5.1

Enforcement Update (208Kb)

To receive an enforcement of planning control update.

Report DR/08/26

6 Date of Next Meeting

To note that the next meeting will be held on Friday 26 June 2026, in Committee Room 1, County Hall.

7 Urgent Business

To consider any matter which in the opinion of the Chairman should be considered in public by reason of special circumstances (to be specified) as a matter of urgency.

Exempt Items

8 Urgent Exempt Business

To consider in private any other matter which in the opinion of the Chairman should be considered by reason of special circumstances (to be specified) as a matter of urgency.

Meeting Documents

item 5.2 Applications, Enforcement and Appeals Statistics (121Kb)

Members

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Declarations of Interests

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