Planning application
Nepicar Sand Quarry Maidstone Road Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7SJ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Section 73 Application to vary conditions 2, 13 & 16 of planning permission TM/15/1636 to enable the quarry to be deepened from 65mAOD to 63mAOD (KCC ref: KCC/TM/0201/2020)
As published by the council, reference 20/02248/MIN
Application record
- Reference
- 20/02248/MIN
- Type
- Mineral Related Proposal
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Grant With Conditions
- Received
- 7 Oct 2020
- Validated
- 7 Oct 2020
- Decided
- 18 Dec 2020
- Ward
- Borough Green And Long Mill
- Parish
- Platt
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN15 7SJ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tonbridge and Malling register
This site has had 2 applications since 2020: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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21/02344/CCEASC Decided
Nepicar Sand Quarry Maidstone Road Platt Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7SJ
Request for a Screening Opinion to determine whether the proposed quarry extension to the west of the existing workings would require an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and for a Scoping Opinion to determine the information to be provided in the EIA if one is required (KCC Reference no: KCC/SCR/TM/0188/2021)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 Oct 2020
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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18 Dec 2020
Decision issued: Grant With Conditions
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20 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
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Tonbridge and Malling granted permission on 18 December 2020, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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