Policy information sourced from the Essex Minerals Local Plan
S9 Safeguarding Mineral Transhipment Sites and Secondary Processing Facilities
The following mineral facilities identified on the Policies Map are of strategic importance and shall be safeguarded from development which would compromise their continued operation.
Safeguarded Transhipment Sites:
- Chelmsford Rail Depot
- Harlow Mill Rail Station
- Marks Tey Rail depot
- Ballast Quay, Fingringhoe (safeguarding to apply only up to the end of mineral extraction at the nearby Fingringhoe Quarry)
- Parkeston Quay East, Harwich (for potential operation)
Safeguarded Coated Stone Plant:
- Sutton Wharf, Rochford
- Stanway, Colchester
- Wivenhoe Quarry
- Bulls Lodge, Chelmsford
- Essex Regiment Way, Chelmsford
- Harlow Mill Rail Station
The Local Planning Authority shall consult the Mineral Planning Authority and take account of its views before making planning decisions on all developments within 250 metres of the above facilities as defined in the maps in Appendices 2 and 4. Where planning permission is granted for new rail or marine transhipment sites and coated stone plant of strategic importance, those sites will also be safeguarded so that their operation is not compromised. The safeguarding of a strategic plant is for the life of the planning permission or where located in a mineral working, until completion of extraction.
The Local Planning Authority shall consult the Mineral Planning Authority for its views and take them into account on proposals for development within the Mineral Consultation Area of these safeguarded sites, as identified on the Policies Map, before making planning decisions on such proposals.
For more information please see Essex Minerals Local Plan