Planning application
Composting Site Berkswell Quarry Cornets End Lane Meriden Solihull CV7 7LH
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Variation of condition 6 of planning permission dated 25th April 2012 (PL/2011/01060/CU) for the change of use to provide reconfiguration of composting site including repositioning of the permitted workshop, weighbridge and office; installation of portable concrete blocks; and provision of improved concrete-surfaced circulation space. Namely: to allow the composting operation approved to run concurrently with the mineral extraction and landfill operations at Berkswell Quarry or to 31st December 2031, whichever is the later.
As published by the council, reference PL/2023/00536/VAR
Application record
- Reference
- PL/2023/00536/VAR
- Type
- Variation of Condition (Major)
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approved
- Received
- 9 Mar 2023
- Validated
- 9 Mar 2023
- Decided
- 9 Jun 2023
- Ward
- Meriden
- Parish
- Meriden Parish Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CV7 7LH
Site history
Applications at this address on the Solihull register
This site has had 2 applications since 2023: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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PL/2023/00535/VAR Granted
Composting Site Berkswell Quarry Cornets End Lane Meriden Solihull CV7 7LH
Variation of condition 7 of planning permission dated 23rd April 2008 (PL/2007/00421/FULM) for an open windrow composting of organic material. Namely: to allow the composting operation approved to run concurrently with the mineral extraction and landfill operations at Berkswell Quarry or to 31st December 2031, whichever is the later.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Mar 2023
Received by Solihull
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9 Jun 2023
Decision issued: Approved
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31 Aug 2026
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Wood Chipping Site Berkswell Quarry Cornets End Lane Meriden Solihull CV7 7LH
Variation of condition 3 of planning permission dated 27th January 2014 (PL/2013/00070/FULM) for the construction of a concrete pad and associated operational development and change of use of land to carry out wood chipping operations. Namely: to allow the wood chipping operation hereby approved shall run concurrently with the mineral extraction and landfill operations at Berkswell Quarry or to 31st December 2031, whichever is the later.
Granted Amendments 7 docsMajor scheme -
Composting Site Berkswell Quarry Cornets End Lane Meriden Solihull CV7 7LH
Variation of condition 7 of planning permission dated 23rd April 2008 (PL/2007/00421/FULM) for an open windrow composting of organic material. Namely: to allow the composting operation approved to run concurrently with the mineral extraction and landfill operations at Berkswell Quarry or to 31st December 2031, whichever is the later.
Granted Amendments 7 docsMajor scheme -
Berkswell Quarry Cornets End Lane Meriden Solihull CV7 7LH
88% historically approved · decision due ~30 Aug
The phased extraction of approximately 470,000 tonnes of sand and gravel as a south-east and north-west extension to Berkswell Quarry; the use of the existing Berkswell Quarry Mineral Processing Plant and related infrastructure for the duration of the development; the use of the existing Berkswell Quarry access to Cornets End Lane; the construction of temporary soil screen and storage mounds (top and sub-soils); the phased restoration of the extraction area to re-create approximate original ground levels through the importation and placement of inert restoration material and the re-establishment of an arable agricultural after use with biodiversity enhancements and flood mitigation measures.
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