Planning application
Eastern Way, Heath And Reach, LU7 9LF
Works: Extension
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Discharge of Condition 29 - internal Haul Road (Consolidating planning application for the continued winning & working of silica sand from the Mundays Hill Quarry & Churchways Complex encompassing review of old mineral permissions within Eastern Way Complex and winning & working of silica sand from a western extension to Mundays Hill Quarry. Variation of hours for processing at Mundays Hill Processing Plant. Comprehensive restoration of Mundays Hill, Double Arches, Churchways Complex & Nine Acres to predominantly agricultural land & woodland with hedgerows, boundary vegetation and footpath/linkages to allow public access)
As published by the council, reference CB/23/00897/MWS
Application record
- Reference
- CB/23/00897/MWS
- Type
- Minerals & Waste Schemes
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 15 Mar 2023
- Validated
- 16 Mar 2023
- Parish
- Heath & Reach
- Postcode
- LU7 9LF
Site history
Applications at this address on the Central Bedfordshire register
This site has had 2 applications since 2023.
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CB/23/01148/MWS Awaiting decision
Eastern Way, Heath And Reach, LU7 9LF
Discharge of Condition 43 Groundwater monitoring - reporting of groundwater and surface water monitoring. (Consolidating planning application for the continued winning & working of silica sand from the Mundays Hill Quarry & Churchways Complex encompassing review of old mineral permissions within Eastern Way Complex and winning & working of silica sand from a western extension to Mundays Hill Quarry. Variation of hours for processing at Mundays Hill Processing Plant. Comprehensive restoration of Mundays Hill, Double Arches, Churchways Complex & Nine Acres to predominantly agricultural land & woodland with hedgerows, boundary vegetation and footpath/linkages to allow public access)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Mar 2023
Received by Central Bedfordshire
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16 Mar 2023
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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9 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 11 May 2023, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Central Bedfordshire took a median of 71 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Central Bedfordshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Central Bedfordshire decided less common application types in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About less common application types
This application sits outside the common categories, and the council record linked on this page sets out the specific procedure that applies. More in our guide to planning application types.
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Garside Sands, Eastern Way, Heath And Reach, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9LF
Variation of condition numbers 6, 7, 8, 10 and 15 of planning permission CB/20/02970/FULL as amended by CB/23/03845/VOC (Construction and operation of an electric vehicle charging station and electric bus depot comprised of, an access road, area of hardstanding for parking with electric vehicle charging equipment and solar powered canopy, additional parking area, a coffee outlet with sedum grass roof, a fenced electric bus compound (with parking, charging equipment, welfare building with sedum grass roof and bus washing equipment) battery storage units, planting and associated electrical equipment). Amendments sought: alterations to car park layout, creation of a drive through route for the Coffee Shop, revised landscaping scheme, revised drainage scheme and revised Arboricultural Statement.
Granted Amendments 41 docs -
Aggregate Industries Uk Ltd, Eastern Way, Heath And Reach, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9LF
Discharge of condition 16 (soil storage location) against planning permission CB/16/04588/MW.
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Aggregate Industries Uk Ltd, Eastern Way, Heath And Reach, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9LF
Discharge of condition 19 (seeding mix) against planning permission CB/16/04588/MW.
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Aggregate Industries Uk Ltd, Eastern Way, Heath And Reach, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9LF
Discharge of Conditions 14 (haul Road), against planning permission CB/16/04588/MW.
Granted Other 6 docs -
Eastern Way, Heath And Reach, LU7 9LF
86% historically approved · decision due ~11 May
Discharge of Condition 43 Groundwater monitoring - reporting of groundwater and surface water monitoring. (Consolidating planning application for the continued winning & working of silica sand from the Mundays Hill Quarry & Churchways Complex encompassing review of old mineral permissions within Eastern Way Complex and winning & working of silica sand from a western extension to Mundays Hill Quarry. Variation of hours for processing at Mundays Hill Processing Plant. Comprehensive restoration of Mundays Hill, Double Arches, Churchways Complex & Nine Acres to predominantly agricultural land & woodland with hedgerows, boundary vegetation and footpath/linkages to allow public access)
Awaiting decision Other Extension 4 docs -
Eastern Way Quarry Complex, Eastern Way, Heath And Reach, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9LF
86% historically approved · decision due ~31 Mar
Variation of conditions 1 and 37 of planning permission CB/16/04588/MW: 'Consolidating planning application for the continued winning and working of silica sand from the Mundays Hill Quarry & Churchways Complex encompassing review of old mineral permissions within Eastern Way Complex and winning and working of silica sand from a western extension to Mundays Hill Quarry. Variation of hours for processing at Mundays Hill Processing Plan. Comprehensive restoration of Mundays Hill, Double Arches, Churchways Complex & Nine Acres to predominantly agricultural land and woodland with hedgerows, boundary vegetation and footpath/linkages to allow public access'. to allow the importation of approximately 30,000 tonnes of reclaimed filter/sports sands per annum for processing at the existing Eastern Way Floatex Plant.
Awaiting decision Other Extension 16 docs
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