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Chard Junction Quarry Chard Junction Chard Somerset TA20 4QS

Decided Exmoor National Park 23/00593/OLAC Other Local Authority Consultation

Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.

Proposal

Variation of Condition 3 (Duration) of Planning Permission WD/D/20/000313 (Variation of Conditions 5 (Adherence to approved plans and details) and 6 (Depth of working) of planning application 1/D/12/000079 (for the winning and working of circa 1.5 million tonnes of sand and gravel) to vary the Phase 3 and 4 working plans, Restoration Plan and Cross Section Plan) to extend the end date to 31 December 2024 in order to restore the site.

As published by the council, reference 23/00593/OLAC

Application record

Reference
23/00593/OLAC
Type
Other Local Authority Consultation
Status
Decided
Decision
No Observations
Received
2 Mar 2023
Validated
2 Mar 2023
Decided
14 Mar 2023
Ward
BLACKDOWN, TATWORTH & FORTON
Parish
Tatworth and Forton
Postcode
TA20 4QS

Site history

Applications at this address on the Exmoor National Park register

This site has had 3 applications since 2023.

  • 24/02850/OLAC Decided

    Chard Junction Quarry Chard Junction Chard Somerset TA20 4QS

    Application for the winning and working of circa 1.5 million tonnes of sand and gravel as an extension to Chard Junction Quarry, including the permanent diversion of the Liberty Trail Public Right of Way and restoration to areas for nature conservation and pasture for grazing interspersed with parkland tree planting (with variation of conditions 1 (Duration of the development permitted) and 11 (Aftercare) and removal of condition 8 (Site Restoration) of planning permission P/VOC/2023/00946 to extend the end date for completion of restoration of the land).

    Decided 9 Dec 2024 Outline
  • 23/00833/OLAC Decided

    Chard Junction Quarry Chard Junction Chard Somerset TA20 4QS

    Variation of Conditions 5 (Adherence to approved plans and details) and 6 (Depth of working) of planning application 1/D/12/000079 (for the winning and working of circa 1.5 million tonnes of sand and gravel) to vary the Phase 3 and 4 Working

    Decided 4 Apr 2023 Outline

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 2 Mar 2023

    Received by Exmoor National Park

  2. 14 Mar 2023

    Decision issued: No Observations

  3. 2 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

After the decision

Exmoor National Park has decided this application; the outcome above is the register's own wording and the decision notice on the council portal carries the detail. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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  • Chard Junction Quarry Chard Junction Chard Somerset TA20 4QS

    24/02850/OLAC Submitted 5 Dec 2024 0m away

    Application for the winning and working of circa 1.5 million tonnes of sand and gravel as an extension to Chard Junction Quarry, including the permanent diversion of the Liberty Trail Public Right of Way and restoration to areas for nature conservation and pasture for grazing interspersed with parkland tree planting (with variation of conditions 1 (Duration of the development permitted) and 11 (Aftercare) and removal of condition 8 (Site Restoration) of planning permission P/VOC/2023/00946 to extend the end date for completion of restoration of the land).

    Decided Outline Extension
  • Chard Junction Quarry Chard Junction Chard Somerset TA20 4QS

    23/00833/OLAC Submitted 23 Mar 2023 0m away

    Variation of Conditions 5 (Adherence to approved plans and details) and 6 (Depth of working) of planning application 1/D/12/000079 (for the winning and working of circa 1.5 million tonnes of sand and gravel) to vary the Phase 3 and 4 Working

    Decided Outline
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