Birch Airfield, Blind Lane, Birch, Essex, CO5 9XE
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Details pursuant to condition 25 (Written Scheme of Investigation) of planning permission ref: ESS/31/24/COL (Change of use of agricultural land to a waste management use and construction of a concrete pad to enable the extension of green waste open windrow composting operations, topsoil blending and storage operations, construction of a new surface water attenuation lagoon and perimeter landscaped soil bunds)
03 August 2026
03 August 2026
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CO5 9XE
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