South-East England Aggregates Monitoring 2017
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South-East England Aggregates Monitoring 2017 South East England Aggregates Working Party Report SEEAWP 18/02 October 2018 This page is intentionally blank Contents Scope of the Report ................................................................................................................................ 3 Planning Policy and Guidance ................................................................................................................ 5 Aggregates – Sales, Consumption, Imports and Exports ....................................................................... 5 Quarries................................................................................................................................................... 6 Wharves .................................................................................................................................................. 8 Rail Depots .............................................................................................................................................. 9 Secondary and Recycled Aggregate ...................................................................................................... 9 Quarry and Infrastructure Capacity ....................................................................................................... 10 Environment .......................................................................................................................................... 11 Minerals Plans and Planning Applications ............................................................................................ 11 Demand for Aggregates ………………………………………………………………………………...…….11 Conclusions ........................................................................................................................................... 12 Tables Table 1: South East England: Sales and consumption of primary aggregates, 2001-2014 ................ 14 Table 2: South East England: Imports and exports of primary aggregates, 2014 ................................ 16 Table 3: South East England: All aggregate sales in South East England, 2008-2017) ...................... 17 Table 4: South East England mpas: Sales, permissions, reserves at sand & gravel quarries, 2017 ... 18 Table 5: South East England: Sales, permissions, reserves at sand & gravel quarries, 2008-2017 .. 19 Table 6: South East England mpas: Sales, permissions, reserves at crushed rock quarries, 2017 ... 20 Table 7: South East England: Sales, permissions, reserves at crushed rock quarries, 2008-2017 .... 21 Table 8: South East England mpas: Sales of marine dredged aggregates at wharves, 2008-2017 ... 22 Table 9: South East England mpas: Sales of imported crushed rock at wharves, 2008-2017 ............ 23 Table 10: South East England mpas: Sales of aggregates at rail depots, 2008-2017 ......................... 24 Table 11: South East England mpas: Sales of recycled and secondary aggregates, 2017 ................. 25 Table 12: South East England mpas: Capacities of quarries and secondary/recycled aggregate facilities, 2017 ........................................................................................................................ 26 Table 13: South East England mpas: Capacities of aggregates wharves and rail depots, 2017 ......... 27 Table 14: South East England: Key Data ............................................................................................ 28 Figures Figure 1: South East England: Mineral Planning Authorities (mpas), 2017…………………………... ….4 Figure 2A: South East England (W): Location of aggregate quarries, wharves and rail depots, 2017 ............................................................................................................. 29 Figure 2B: South East England (E): Location of aggregate quarries, wharves and rail depots, 2017……………………………………………………………………………. 30 Figure 3: South East England: All aggregates sales, 2008-2017 (Thousands of tonnes) .................... 31 Figure 4: South East England: Sales and reserves at sand and gravel quarries, 2008-2017 .............. 32 Figure 5: South East England mpas: Sales and reserves at sand and gravel quarries, 2017 ............ 33 Figure 6: South East England: Sales and reserves at crushed rock quarries, 2008-2017 .................. 34 Figure 7: South East England: Sales of marine-dredged aggregates at wharves, 2008-2017 ........... 35 Figure 8: South East England: Sales of imported crushed rock at wharves, 2008-2017 .................... 36 Figure 9: South East England: Sales of aggregates at rail depots, 2008-2017 .................................... 37 Figure 10: South East England: Sales and consumption of primary aggregate, 2001-2014 ............... 38 Figure 11: South East England: Imports and exports of primary aggregate, 2014............................... 39 Appendices Appendix A: Permissions, refusals, undetermined and withdrawn applications in 2017 ...................... 40 Appendix B: Key Milestones for Minerals Local Plans in the South East, 2017 ................................... 48 Appendix C: Active and Inactive Sites 2017. ........................................................................................ 56 Appendix D: Major construction projects in the South East 2017 ......................................................... 71 Appendix E: Members of the South East Aggregate Working Party .................................................... 73 Executive Summary • AM 2017 is the twenty first Aggregates Monitoring (AM) report to be prepared for the South East of England since 1996. It reports on aggregate sales and reserves. • Overall aggregate sales over the last two years are at their highest for the last decade. • Land won sand gravel and marine dredged aggregate sales are the equal largest component within the overall sales pattern. This contrasts with recent years when marine dredged aggregates sales have been more dominant. • Land won sand and gravel sales at 6.18million tonnes (mt) in 2017 were 15% above the 10-year average sales level. Despite this general increase the landbank remained at the 2016 level of 9 years. Almost a further year of land bank is potentially included in outstanding planning applications. Apart from the Isle of Wight and East Sussex all mineral planning authorities (mpas) have reserves of 1mt or more. • Sales of soft sand have increased slightly and the reserve stands at almost 17.7 years based on the Local Aggregate Assessment (LAA) Rate/10-year sales averages (as appropriate), although the reserve is concentrated Buckinghamshire, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex. • There is not much change in the position of crushed rock sales and reserves which represents the smallest aggregate sales element and is principally concentrated in Kent and Oxfordshire although there are some sales and reserves elsewhere. • There is a mixed picture on sand and gravel wharf sales with them below the 3-year average sales level, although they are still above the 10-year average. Imported crushed rock sales at the wharves is geographically skewed to Kent/Medway. • Sales of crushed rock from rail depots are above average sales levels. • Sales of recycled and secondary aggregate are 36% higher than the average levels of recent years, and its proportion of total aggregate sales at 19% is higher than the 16% general average of recent years. Recycled aggregate sales are ubiquitous throughout South East England. • Capacity for the wharves and rail depots is respectively 35% and 27% higher than current sales. While sand and gravel sales at local quarries are about 47% of reported capacity. • It is noted that three permissions were granted within environmental designations. There were also three permissions in green belts. • There is a full coverage of mineral plans in the South East although four (Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Isle of Wight and Surrey) were adopted prior to the publication of the original NPPF in 2012. There is a continuing programme of plan review. 1 • It is reasonable to conclude – 2017 aggregate sales are above both the 3- year and 10-year average sales - the demand for aggregates will increase and there are supply implications arising from the Heathrow Expansion and other infrastructure projects including those in London. • In the absence of up to date National and Regional Guidelines, it is not known whether the South East of England is making a full contribution to meeting both national and local aggregate needs. However, as the AM survey information shows it is providing landbanks to a level compliant with Government policy and planning practice guidance (i.e. as measured against the constituent mineral planning authorities’ Local Aggregate Assessments). Moreover, there is no indication that aggregate supply to the South East of England is in jeopardy. However, supply does rely on imports of crushed rock and landings of marine sand and gravel. Together these contribute about 60% of primary aggregate sales in the South East and along with production of recycled and secondary aggregate these supply options depend on current infrastructure capacity being maintained. 2 1 Scope of the Report 1.1 AM 2017 is the twenty first report to be prepared for the South East of England since 1996. It reports on a survey of aggregate sales, sand and gravel and crushed rock; the sources of aggregates, quarries, marine dredged material, imports from outside the South East and; recycled aggregates. It, therefore, provides a spatial and time series picture of aggregate