Planning application
Cauldon Low Quarry , Earlsway , Waterhouses , Staffordshire , ST10 3EW
Works: Extension
Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.
Proposal
EIA SCOPING OPINION REF. NO. SCO.87/Cauldon Complex - Request for an EIA Scoping Opinion in connection with proposals to allow for extensions to the Cauldon shale quarry, working of the spine landform between Cauldon Low and Cauldon limestone quarries, and the overall consolidation of the many extant permissions across the site into one consolidating planning permission
As published by the council, reference CON/2020/0023
Application record
- Reference
- CON/2020/0023
- Type
- Consultation by other authoritites
- Status
- Consultations/Re-consultations issued
- Decision
- Consultation Applications - Observations Made
- Received
- 28 Aug 2020
- Validated
- 28 Aug 2020
- Decided
- 26 Jul 2021
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- ST10 3EW
Site history
Applications at this address on the Staffordshire Moorlands register
This site has had 2 applications since 2020.
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CON/2025/0053 Decided
CAULDON LOW QUARRY , Earlsway , Waterhouses , Staffordshire , ST10 3EW
Decision notice for a request to postpone the date for the submission of an application for the Periodic Review of Mineral Permissions (ROMPs) IDO/SM/3, IDO/SM/8 and SM.EA/2 (Caldon Low Quarry); and IDO/SM/6 AND IDO/SM/9 (Cauldon Quarry) under Paragraph 5, Schedule 14 of the Environment Act 1995 from 30 September 2025 to 31 March 2026 at Cauldon Quarries Complex.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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28 Aug 2020
Received by Staffordshire Moorlands
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26 Jul 2021
Decision issued: Consultation Applications - Observations Made
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23 Jul 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
38 documents on file for this application
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