SWAWP South West Aggregates Working Party

Annual Report: 2014

Bath and North East Somerset • Bristol • Bournemouth Cornwall • Dartmoor NP • Devon • Dorset • Exmoor NP Gloucestershire • Isles of Scilly • North Somerset • Plymouth • Poole • Somerset South Gloucestershire • Swindon • Torbay • Wiltshire

SWAWP

South West Aggregates Working Party

Annual Report: 2014

Bath and North East Somerset ● Bristol ● Bournemouth ● Cornwall ● Dartmoor NP ● Devon ● Dorset ● Exmoor NP ● Gloucestershire ● Isles of Scilly ● North Somerset ● Plymouth ● Poole ● Somerset ● South Gloucestershire ● Swindon ● Torbay ● Wiltshire Annual Report 2014 SWAWP

Chairman: Andy Hill Principal Planning Officer Minerals and Waste Devon County Council County Hall Topsham Road Exeter Devon EX2 4QD

Tel: (01392) 383510 Email: [email protected]

Secretary: Julia Webberley David Jarvis Associates Limited 1 Tennyson Street Swindon SN1 5DT

Tel: (01793) 612173 Email: [email protected]

Enquiries concerning the purchase of this or other SWAWP publications referred to in this report should be addressed to the Secretary of the Working Party.

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CONTENTS:

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...... 4 1. INTRODUCTION ...... 6 2. NATIONAL AND SUB NATIONAL MINERALS PLANNING...... 8 3. LOCAL AGGREGATES ASSESSMENTS ...... 10 4. SALES AND LANDBANKS OF CRUSHED ROCK AND LAND-WON AND MARINE DREDGED SAND AND GRAVEL ...... 13 5. SECONDARY AND RECYCLED AGGREGATES ...... 25 6. SIGNIFICANT TRENDS AND EVENTS (BY MINERAL PLANNING AUTHORITY) ...... 28 7. PROGRESS ON MINERALS DEVELOPMENT PLANS (AS AT JULY 2016) ...... 32

APPENDICES:

Appendix 1 – Membership of the Working Party Appendix 2 – Active and Inactive Land-Won and Secondary Aggregate Sites 2014 Appendix 3 – Recycled Aggregate Sites 2014

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This annual report for 2014 has been prepared by the South West Aggregates Working Party (SWAWP), previously known as the South West Regional Aggregates Working Party (SWRAWP). As for earlier reports, it contains details of land won aggregates and permitted reserves and of marine dredged aggregates landings and resources. Other information on secondary and recycled aggregates and significant trends per region is also provided along with information on planning decisions and progress on local plans. In order to provide an indication of trends, this annual report compares data for 2014 with data for earlier years.

In June 2009, the Department for Communities and Local Government published a revised set of National and Regional Guidelines for the Provision of Aggregates in England 2005-2020, now called National and Sub-National Guidelines, and these are referred to in this report where appropriate. The National Planning Policy Framework (March 2012) (“NPPF”) and Planning Practice Guidance (which replaced the 2012 Guidance on the Managed Aggregate Supply System) indicates that the guideline amounts are to be taken into account by Mineral Planning Authorities (MPAs) when planning for the future demand for and supply of aggregates. In planning for a steady and adequate supply of aggregates, MPAs are to prepare an annual Local Aggregates Assessment either individually or, if appropriate, with other MPAs. The guideline amounts are to be used only to provide an indication of the total amount of aggregate provision that the MPAs, collectively within each Aggregate Working Party, should aim to provide. The guidelines will also provide individual MPAs, where they are having difficulty in obtaining data, with some understanding or context of the overall demand and possible sources that might be available in their Working Party area.

Crushed Rock

Sales of crushed rock aggregates (limestone, igneous rock and sandstone) totalled 21.62mt in 2014, a reasonable increase on 2013 (17.89mt). Somerset continues to be the main vendor with almost 58% of sales.

Permitted reserves in the region in 2014 amounted to about 877mt at active and inactive sites. This represented a landbank of about 46 years when based on the average of three years’ sales (2012- 2014) and almost 45 years when based on the average of 10 years’ sales (2005-2014). All crushed rock producing MPAs except Gloucestershire had a substantial landbank of permitted reserves (>30 years) in 2014 when based on either the 3 or 10 year sales’ averages. Approximately 46% of the South West’s permitted reserves were held by sites in Somerset with the bulk of the remaining reserves being shared between Cornwall and the West of England followed by Devon.

Land Won Sand and Gravel

In 2014, sales of land won sand and gravel in the region totalled 3.34mt, a slight increase on 2013 when the total was 3.2mt. Dorset continued to be the main production area, accounting for almost 52% of sales.

Permitted reserves in the region at the end of 2014 were 31.15mt, a slight fall on 2013 when reserves stood at 32.6mt. Based on the average of 10 years’ sales, this represents a landbank of

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8.46 years (compared with 8.57 years at the end of 2013). Just under 50% of the South West’s reserves were held at sites in Dorset. From having the lowest sales figure of the sand and gravel producing regions in the South West in 2013, Wiltshire had the second highest sales’ figure in 2014, whilst Gloucestershire had the lowest with a reduction in sales from 0.68mt in 2013 to just 0.43mt in 2014. Wiltshire continues to have the lowest landbank (of the sand and gravel producing regions in the south west) although this increased slightly between 2013 and 2014 from 3.23 years to 4.0 years following the grant of two permissions which generated additional reserves of 0.56mt.

Marine Dredged Sand and Gravel

In 2014, marine dredged landings to English wharves in the South West, mainly sand dredged from licensed areas in the Bristol Channel, amounted to 0.54mt, an increase on the amount landed in 2013 (0.497mt). Avonmouth in Bristol continued to be the main wharf where 0.382mt were landed. Between 2013 and 2014 landings at Avonmouth increased by about 13%.

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1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 This report is the latest in a series of annual reports that have been published by the Working Party since 1989. The report presents quantitative information on the production of aggregates in the South West during 2014 and the landbank of permitted reserves at the end of the year. As for previous annual reports, the report also includes information on mineral planning applications and mineral related matters in the South West. Production and reserves information has generally been supplied by industry but in some instances estimates may have been made by the MPAs.

1.2 Information is generally presented in a similar format to that used in previous annual reports in order to facilitate comparison of statistical data, but where necessary figures are combined or excluded to avoid disclosure of confidential information. Although longstanding confidentiality restrictions were lifted by the then Quarry Products Association (QPA) towards the end of 1999 to facilitate the publication of much more data than previously reported, clarification of the way in which operators’ information can be used has since been issued by the Association’s successor, the Mineral Products Association. In addition, not all companies belong to the Mineral Products Association and therefore some information remains confidential. Moreover, some members of the Mineral Products Association insist that their information should be treated as confidential. Confidential information is therefore annotated accordingly. Wherever possible, time series information is presented to provide an indication of trends.

1.3 Membership of SWAWP is shown in Appendix 1 of the report. The Working Party is one of 9 Aggregates Working Parties (AWPs) in England and 2 in Wales whose membership is drawn from MPAs, the aggregates industry (represented by individual companies as well as the Mineral Products Association and the British Aggregates Association (BAA)), the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), the Environment Agency and the National Federation of Demolition Contractors (NFDC). Whilst each of the MPAs is automatically a member of SWAWP and entitled to attend meetings not all of them do so because of limited mineral interest, and, in such cases, arrangements have been made with other member authorities to represent them as necessary.

1.4 Aggregates Working Parties were established by the then Department of the Environment in the early 1970s to identify and consider likely problems in the supply of aggregate minerals. The work of the AWPs provides valuable input to the Managed Aggregates Supply System (MASS) that operates in England and Wales to maintain supplies of construction aggregates. It is not a policy making body but, amongst other things, undertakes data collection to facilitate planning for aggregates and to inform the general reader. Essentially the Working Party produces reports that assess the reserves of rock and sand and gravel (land-won materials) and the ‘waste’ materials in the region that are suitable for aggregate production, and monitors supply and demand.

1.5 AWPs meet at least once a year depending on business, the nature of which is determined by agreed Terms of Reference (TOR), and the minutes of meetings are available for public inspection. The National Aggregate Co-ordinating Group (NACG), whose membership

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comprises representatives from each Aggregate Working Party, as well as from key Government departments and other organisations as deemed appropriate by DCLG, monitors the overall provision of aggregates in England and provides timely advice to Government and to individual AWPs. A Technical Sub Group (TSG) of officers and representatives who are drawn from the NACG and the AWPs should meet as necessary to consider specific aggregate related matters. The AWP Secretaries’ Group should also meet as necessary to discuss the work required by the TOR and to consider day to day matters of relevance to aggregates. However, it is understood that there have not been any recent meetings either of the NACG nor of the AWP Secretaries.

1.6 Meetings of SWAWP are normally held at County Hall in Taunton. The Working Party met on the 19th May 2014 and the 28th November 2014.

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2. NATIONAL AND SUB NATIONAL MINERALS PLANNING

2.1 In June 2009, new guidelines for the provision of aggregates were published to replace those which had existed since 2003. These guidelines, entitled ‘National and Regional Guidelines for Aggregates Provision in England 2005-2020’ (now called National and Sub-National Guidelines) continue to reflect an overall fall in national demand for aggregates and call for an even greater contribution to supplies from alternatives to land-won aggregates. However, following the publication of the NPPF and Planning Practice Guidance, the guidelines now play a supporting role in the consideration of the future supply of aggregates. The NPPF requires MPAs either individually or with other MPAs if appropriate to produce an annual Local Aggregates Assessment. This is to be based on the average of 10 years’ sales but with due consideration to the average of 3 years’ sales and other local information in order to take account of any emerging trend in sales. Further details of this ‘localism’ approach to assessing the future demand for and supply of aggregates are given in Section 3.

2.2 Table 1 is reproduced from information taken from the National and Sub National Guidelines (June 2009) and shows the guideline amounts for both land-won and alternative aggregates for the period 2005-2020.

Table 1 National and Sub National Guidelines for Aggregates Provision in England 2005-2020 (million tonnes)

Region Land won Land won Marine Sand Alternative Net Imports to Sand & Gravel Crushed Rock and Gravel Materials England Guidelines for land won production Assumptions Assumptions Assumptions South East 195 25 121 130 31 London 18 0 72 95 12 East of England 236 8 14 117 7 East Midlands 174 500 0 110 0 West Midlands 165 82 0 100 23 South West 85 412 12 142 5 North West 52 154 15 117 55 Yorks & 78 212 5 133 3 Humberside North East 24 99 20 50 0 England 1028 1492 259 993 136

2.3 In August 2010, the SWAWP resolved to present the figures shown in Table 2 (below) to DCLG as the technical advice of the SWAWP on the apportionment of the guideline figures for the South West to individual MPAs. These figures were to be tested by MPAs at the local level.

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Table 2 Sub Regional Apportionment of the 2009 Guidelines (2005-2020)

2009 Guidelines 2009 Guidelines Crushed Rock (mt) Sand & Gravel (mt) Avon 79.1 0 Cornwall 26.94 ** Devon 51.21 14.91 Dorset 4.82 31.56 Gloucestershire 36.01 16.07 Somerset 214.65 ** Wiltshire * 22.46 Totals 412 85

* Included with Dorset ** Included with Devon

2.4 The assessment of landbanks for land won aggregates in the South West has previously been calculated by SWAWP in two ways; first, by dividing the permitted reserves by the average of the preceding three years’ production and secondly by dividing reserves by the annualised sub-regional apportionment (SRA) shown for each MPA area. However, the significance of the SRA has diminished owing to changes in the way in which the assessment of future aggregate requirements is to be calculated and because the NPPF and Planning Practice Guidance now require landbanks to be calculated by dividing the sum in tonnes of all permitted reserves for valid, extant planning permissions by the annual rate of future demand based on the latest annual Local Aggregates Assessment (see further in section 3 below). It is the landbank as calculated from the LAA that is considered in the development of any MPA Minerals Local Plan and used by the MPA in the consideration of planning applications for aggregates. However, as stated in the Planning Practice Guidance, there is no maximum landbank level and each application for mineral extraction must be considered on its own merits regardless of the length of the landbank.

2.5 Table 3 shows the landbanks as calculated from the LAAs produced by the South West MPAs whilst Tables 6 and 7 provide analysis and comparison between the landbanks as at the end of 2013 and 2014 respectively.

2.6 Appendix 2 lists active and inactive land-won and secondary aggregates sites in 2014; these sites are also shown on Map 1. Appendix 3 lists recycled aggregates sites in the South West in 2014. Secondary and recycled aggregates production is covered in Section 5.

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3. LOCAL AGGREGATES ASSESSMENTS

3.1 With the publication of the NPPF and MASS Guidance in 20121, DCLG introduced the requirement for MPAs, either individually or with other MPAs, to produce an annual Local Aggregates Assessment. The Planning Practice Guidance now provides that the LAA should contain three elements:

• a forecast of the demand for aggregates based on both the rolling average of 10-years’ sales data and other relevant local information; • an analysis of all aggregate supply options, as indicated by landbanks, mineral plan allocations and capacity data e.g. marine licences for marine aggregate extraction, recycled aggregates and the potential throughputs from wharves. This analysis should be informed by planning information, the aggregate industry and other bodies such as local enterprise partnerships; and • an assessment of the balance between demand and supply, and the economic and environmental opportunities and constraints that might influence the situation. It should conclude if there is a shortage or a surplus of supply and, if the former, how this is being addressed.

3.2 Local Aggregate Assessments must also consider other relevant local information in addition to the 10 year rolling supply, which seeks to look ahead at possible future demand, rather than rely solely on past sales. Such information may include, for example, levels of planned construction and housebuilding in their area and throughout the country. Mineral Planning Authorities should also look at average sales over the last three years in particular to identify the general trend of demand as part of the consideration of whether it might be appropriate to increase supply. This baseline assessment, together with an assessment of all supply options (including marine dredged, secondary and recycled sources), should help MPAs plan for a steady and adequate supply of aggregates.

3.3 Previously the amounts of aggregates to be planned for by individual MPAs or, where necessary or appropriate, by groups of MPAs were derived from the apportionment of the sub-national (regional) amounts periodically identified in DCLG’s National and Regional Aggregates Guidelines. However, the apportioned amounts are now only to be taken into account and used as a guideline when MPAs plan for the future demand and supply of aggregates. By taking this approach, the Government has enabled MPAs to determine the appropriate level of aggregate extraction, in keeping with its principles for a more localised approach to planning.

3.4 In respect of the 10-year period covering the years 2005-2014, 6 draft LAAs have been submitted to SWAWP for consideration (Cornwall; Devon; Dorset; Gloucestershire; Somerset and the four MPAs that jointly make up the West of England) and comments on these have been made accordingly either following a SWAWP meeting at which a specific LAA was tabled or by the SWAWP Secretary seeking comments from SWAWP members between meetings. In addition, two LAAs (for Cornwall and Devon) have been prepared

1 Note that the MASS Guidance was withdrawn in March 2014 and replaced by the Planning Practice Guidance.

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which incorporate data for 2015 (ie covering the period 2006-2015). These will be considered in the 2015 version of this report. In addition to the consideration of LAAs produced by South West MPAs, SWAWP also commented on LAAs that were referred to it by Hampshire and West Berkshire, both of which incorporated data covering the period 2005-2014.

3.5 Table 3 summarises the position in respect of the region’s LAAs covering the period 2005- 2014 and shows, in particular, the 10 year and 3 year sales’ averages for crushed rock and sand and gravel.

3.6 Across the board, the 10 year average tends to be higher than the 3 year average owing to the fact that the years leading up to 2014 were recession years, whereas the 10 year average includes years of higher production during the 2000s. However, the extent of the difference between the 10 year and 3 year averages is diminishing, particularly in the case of crushed rock, with variations between the two figures of less than 5% in three out of the six crushed rock producing regions.

3.7 The NPPF and the Planning Practice Guidance require MPAs to make provision for the land won and other elements of their LAA in their minerals plans, to use landbanks of aggregate minerals reserves principally as an indicator of the security of aggregate minerals supply and to indicate the additional provision that needs to be made for new aggregate extraction and alternative supplies in mineral plans. The Planning Practice Guidance defines a landbank as “the sum in tonnes of all permitted reserves for which valid planning permissions are extant, divided by the annual rate of future demand based on the latest annual LAA. In calculating landbanks, the term permitted reserve includes current non-working sites but excludes those sites where mineral working cannot take place until there has been a review of the planning conditions attached to their planning permission”.

3.8 As noted above, Local Aggregate Assessments provide a monitoring tool as well as a means of identifying the provision for aggregates that should be made in MPA mineral plans. It is understood that, currently, the use of LAA amounts in mineral plans is not consistent across the South West as some plans were approved before LAAs started to be produced but as the LAA process develops, LAAs can be used for monitoring performance (and reference to LAAs can be added in any review of older mineral plans). When a trend towards greater demand is identified, the LAA information may be used as justification for a review of the plan. It is unlikely, however, that a review of a plan would be appropriate for several years after adoption unless significant shortfalls in permitted reserves could be identified which would jeopardise a steady and adequate supply of aggregates.

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Table 3 Local Aggregates Assessments Summary 2014

MPA (date Responded Proposed LAA amount – Proposed 10 year Landbank (years) based Apportionment and % change from of to by 10 year sales average in average as % of 3 year on proposed 10 year (annualised amount) annualised published SWAWP mtpa 2005-2014 average average as at 31/12/14 2005 - 2020 (mt) ˄ ˄ apportionment to draft LAA) (3 year sales average (actual reserves in mt) proposed 10 yr av LAA 2012-2014) C/R L/won S/G C/R L/won S/G C/R L/won S/G C/R L/won S/G C/R L/won S/G Cornwall (June 2016) 25.07.16 1.33 Included -2.9 n/a 126 Included 26.94 Included -20.8 n/a (1.37) with Devon (167.534) with Devon (1.68) with Devon Devon (January 22.02.16 2.392 0.584 -4.5 +16.1 49.7 12.8 51.21 14.91 -25.2 -37.2 2016) (2.504) (0.503) (118.886) (7.502) (3.20) (0.93) Dorset (September 17.10.16 0.22 1.57 +10 -1.26 89.2 9.68 4.82 31.56 -26.7 -20.3 2016) (0.2) (1.59) (19.63) (15.2) (0.3) (1.97) Gloucs (April 2016) 23.05.16 1.517 0.788 +12.4 +25.1 17.13 6.9 36.01 16.07 -32.6 -21.2 (1.350) (0.630) (25.99) (5.46) (2.25) (1.0) Somerset (January 24.02.16 10.72 Included +0.94 n/a 37.3 Included 214.65 Included -20.1 n/a 2016) (10.62) with Devon (400) with Devon (13.42) with Devon WoE (June 2016) 08.08.16 3.45 Nil +18.2 n/a 42.15 Nil 79.1 Nil -30.2 n/a (2.92) (145.43) (4.94) Wiltshire (Not yet No 0 0.74 n/a +42.3 n/a 4.0 Included 22.46 -47.1 n/a received) (0) (0.52) (2.99) with (1.4) Dorset S West 19.629 3.682 412 85 (18.964) (3.243) (25.75) (5.31)

n/a not applicable; ˄ ˄ apportionment amount for Devon includes small amounts of confidential production in Cornwall and Somerset; Cornwall includes Isles of Scilly; Devon includes Plymouth/Torbay/Dartmoor NP/part Exmoor NP; Dorset includes Bournemouth and Poole; Somerset includes part Exmoor NP; West of England includes Bath and North East Somerset/Bristol City/South Gloucestershire/North Somerset; Wiltshire includes Swindon.

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4. SALES AND LANDBANKS OF CRUSHED ROCK AND LAND-WON AND MARINE DREDGED SAND AND GRAVEL

Sales

4.1 Table 4 shows sales of crushed rock and sand and gravel in the South West for 2013 and 2014. For both years, the figures for land won sales have been derived from individual LAAs. The figures for landings of marine aggregates that were dredged from licensed areas have been obtained from the 17th annual report prepared jointly by the Crown Estate and the British Marine Aggregate Producers Association entitled ‘Marine Aggregate Extraction 2014’2 and from the document entitled ‘Marine Aggregates – The Crown Estate Licences – Summary of Statistics 2014’3. Table 6 shows the landbank situation for land-won aggregates as at 31 December 2013, and Table 7 the situation as at 31 December 2014.

4.2 Figures 1 and 2 show the total sales of crushed rock aggregates and land won sand and gravel in the South West for the period 2005-2014. In the early 1990s, sales of crushed rock in the region exceeded 25mt each year but for the next 10 years it settled to a level of between 20mt and 25mt per annum. As the recession deepened, sales in 2008 were only 20.33mt, a 10% decrease on 2007, and in 2009 they fell further to only 17.25mt, a fall of 15.5% on 2008. Between 2010 and 2013, sales hovered around the 17mt mark but 2014 showed a reasonable increase with sales totalling 21.62mt across the region.

4.3 Variations in the sales of land won sand and gravel have not been so great and between 1994 and 2008 they generally remained in the range of 4 to 5mt per annum; in 2009, however, sales fell to only 3.15mt, a fall of 22.2% on 2008. Between 2010 and 2013, sales remained in the region of 3mt and this was maintained in 2014 with total sales of 3.33mt.

4.4 Figures 3 and 4 split these sales down into MPA sub-region. Somerset has consistently been the main producer of crushed rock with sales ranging from about 16mt in the early 1990s, gradually falling to only 9.98mt in 2013 but showing a marked increase in 2014 to 12.46mt, thus amounting to more than half of the region’s total output of crushed rock. The West of England has been the next highest producer of crushed rock over the same period with sales ranging from a high of about 6mt in the mid-1990s but then stabilising at about 4mt per annum in more recent years. However, sales fell to only 2.66mt in 2013 before rising again in 2014 to 3.20mt. In Devon, the next highest production area, sales increased from 2.02mt in 2011 to 2.41mt in 2012, an increase of 19%, before falling back to 2.25mt in 2013 but rising again in 2014 to 2.85mt.

4.5 For land won sand and gravel, Dorset continues to be the main producer, a position it has held since the early 1990s with sales generally exceeding 1.5mt each year between 1994 and 2008, peaking at 1.8mt in 2001. Sales fell to their lowest level of only 1.27mt in 2009 but have since rallied, reaching 1.6mt in 2013 and 1.73mt in 2014. Elsewhere, in Wiltshire and

2 Copy available on the Crown Estate website: http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/media/438891/ei-marine- aggregate-area-involved-17th-report.pdf 3 Copy available on the Crown Estate website: http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/media/476134/ei-marine- aggregate-statistics-2014.pdf

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in neighbouring Gloucestershire, where the industry is concentrated in the Upper Thames Valley which spans the two counties, sales have also fluctuated in recent years. In Wiltshire, there has been a dramatic 60% fall in sales from 2009 onwards when they fell to just under 0.5mt from the annual levels of just over 1mt that had been achieved from the late 1990s and in 2013 it reached its lowest level in 20 years at just 0.434mt. However, sales rallied somewhat in 2014 when they totalled 0.64mt. In Gloucestershire, sales stood at 0.68mt in 2013, a slight fall on the 0.78mt of 2012, and they fell again in 2014 to 0.43mt. In contrast with other South West MPAs, Devon’s sales of sand and gravel rose by 11% from 0.44mt in 2011 to 0.49mt in 2012 and remained at this level in 2013 before increasing slightly in 2014 to 0.53mt.

4.6 The same local markets tend to be supplied by sand and gravel workings in both Gloucestershire and Wiltshire and the same companies operate quarries on both sides of the counties’ common boundary, hence sales’ levels in the two counties probably reflect the companies’ operating strategies and the economic recession rather than market distortions. Permitted reserves in Wiltshire have declined significantly from 11.3mt in 2003 to 2.62mt in 2013 and 2.99mt in 2014.

4.7 Marine dredged aggregates (sand and gravel) that were dredged from licensed areas and landed to English Wharves in the South West amounted to 0.54mt in 2014, an increase over the 0.497mt recorded in 2013. It is understood that these amounts exclude material that may have been dredged from areas not in the ownership of the Crown Estate and material that was removed for navigational purposes. In 2014, and as for earlier years, most of the dredged aggregate was sand that was recovered from licensed areas in the Bristol Channel and landed at Avonmouth in Bristol (0.382mt). Between 2013 and 2014 landings at Avonmouth increased by about 13%.

4.8 Landings at Poole, from dredging areas off the south coast, amounted to 0.077mt in 2014, a fall of over 11% on 2013 which itself represented a fall of about 9% on 2012. By contrast, most other principal South West wharves saw an increase in landings of marine dredged aggregates. In 2014, landings at Appledore were 0.035mt (up from 0.029mt in 2013), with landings of 0.035mt at Bridgwater (Dunball) up from 0.034mt. Landings of marine dredged aggregates amounted to about 13.5% of the region’s total sand and gravel production in 2013 compared with 13.9% in 2014, a slight fall on the 2012 contribution of c17%.

4.9 Dredging in the Bristol Channel in 2014 was permitted at a total removal rate of approximately 2.21mt per year, slightly up from 2.2mt per year in 2013, although most license areas were in Welsh waters. In total, approximately 1.1mt of Bristol Channel aggregates were landed at 10 wharf locations on the English and Welsh coasts.

4.10 In the South Coast dredging area there were considerably more active licensed dredging areas in 2014 than in the Bristol Channel. Permitted removal on the south coast was 8.95 million tonnes in 2014 and approximately 2.97mt of aggregates were dredged. The dredging industry on the south coast has a wider distribution area than the Bristol Channel and exports to ports on mainland Europe.

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Table 4 Sales of Land-won Aggregates (Crushed Rock C/R, Sand and Gravel S/G) 2013 and 2014 (million tonnes)

2013 2014 C/R S/G Total C/R S/G Total BANES 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bristol 0 0 0 0 0 0 N Somerset ** 0 ** ** 0 ** S Gloucs 2.66 0 2.66 3.20 0 3.20 Cornwall 1.48 + 1.48 1.32 + 1.32 Plymouth + 0 + + 0 + Dartmoor NP + 0 + + 0 + Devon 2.25 0.485 2.735 2.85 0.53 3.38 Exmoor NP 0 0 0 0 0 0 Somerset 9.98 + 9.98 12.46 + 12.46 Gloucs 1.36 0.68 2.04 1.51 0.43 1.94 Swindon 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wilts 0 0.434 0.434 0 0.645 0.645 Dorset 0.16 1.6 1.76 0.28 1.73 2.01 Poole 0 0 0 0 0 0 B’mouth 0 0 0 0 0 0

SW TOTAL 17.89 3.2 21.09 21.62 3.34 24.96

Marine S/G 0.497 0.497 0.54 0.54 Landings to English Wharves in the South West

Source: Land Won Aggregates, individual LAAs Marine Aggregates – Data from the Crown Estate – see footnotes 3 and 4 above.

+ Included in Devon ** Included in S Gloucestershire c. Confidential

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Landbanks of Aggregates

4.11 Tables 6 and 7 show the permitted reserves of crushed rock in the region as at 31 December 2013 and 2014. In 2012, permitted reserves amounted to about 931mt but by the end of 2013 these had fallen by 3% to 905mt and in 2014 they fell by a further 3% to 877mt. Reserves of sand and gravel are considerably less than those of crushed rock and have continued to fall for many years; in 2013 they stood at only 32.6mt, representing a fall of about 15% on 2012 (38.23mt) and in 2014 they fell a little further to 31.15mt. Table 5 gives details of planning decisions made on aggregate mineral applications in 2014.

4.12 In 2014, the South West’s landbank of crushed rock was 44.7 years when based on the average of 10 years’ sales (2005-2014) whilst for sand and gravel the landbank, when based on the average of 10 years’ sales, was only 8.46 years.

4.13 Crushed rock landbanks continue to be substantial in all MPA sub-regions. All crushed rock producing MPAs except Gloucestershire had a substantial landbank of permitted reserves (>30 years) in 2014 when based on either the 3 or 10 year sales’ averages. It is notable, in particular, that Cornwall’s reserves of crushed rock have increased from 148mt at the end of 2013 to 167.5mt at the end of 2014. It is understood that this increase is a result of a recalculation of reserves by a single quarry. Other geological, planning and commercial factors can also contribute to changes in reserves from year to year e.g. geological re- assessments and the extent of replenishment of reserves by new planning permissions.

4.14 In comparison, individual MPA sand and gravel landbanks at the end of 2014 were considerably smaller throughout the region with the landbank in Wiltshire being just 4 years, albeit that this was an improvement on 2013 when its landbank was just 3.23 years. Gloucestershire bucked the trend, however, with its 10-year average landbank rising from 6.45 at the end of 2013 to 6.9 at the end of 2014. The landbank in Devon comfortably exceeded 10 years at the end of 2014 as it did at the end of 2013 although it had reduced (12.8 at the end of 2014 compared with 13.12 at the end of 2013). However, in Dorset, the South West’s main sand and gravel production area, the landbank fell from just over to just under 10 years between the end of 2013 and 2014. The amalgamated sand and gravel reserves in Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, most of which are associated with the strategically important Upper Thames Valley deposits that straddle the counties’ common boundary, amounted to only 7.97mt at the end of 2013 whilst in 2014 this figure increased slightly to 8.45mt.

4.15 The tables also show the landbanks based on the apportionment figures in the National and Sub-National Guidelines which suggest that the South West’s crushed rock landbank was 34 years at the end of 2014 whilst for sand and gravel it was only 5.87 years. It is suggested that the regional figures which have been apportioned from these Guidelines are indicative figures that, for example, do not take into account the recent economic recession and therefore result in higher sales’ forecasts than have since been recorded with the effect that landbanks that are calculated using the sub-national apportionments are lower than those that have been calculated using average sales’ figures for both crushed rock and sand and gravel.

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4.16 It is to be noted that the reserves figures that are supplied to MPAs by the quarrying industry are not assessed on a uniform basis. Some companies are able to accurately establish the amount of the reserves within a planning permission area (permitted reserves) by way of detailed geological assessments, often carried out as part of a planning application for further extraction, whereas other assessments may not be so well informed and quantities may be calculated by using less informative methods. In the case of mineral deposits which are generally consistent in quality and/or quantity for a given permission area and where published geological maps alone may be quite accurate e.g. for carboniferous limestone deposits, the resultant figures are usually quite accurate but for deposits such as sand and gravel which often exhibit considerable variation, assessments without robust site investigations can be inaccurate.

4.17 However, the assessment of what constitutes a reserve depends also on the economics of extraction; this further depends in part on the individual circumstances at a particular quarry and may also change over time such that the uneconomic proportion of a mineral deposit (resource) may become economically workable and then constitute a reserve, and vice versa. Reserves and resources are also classified according to the degree of information known about them. Protocols for a consistent approach to calculating reserves and resources have been adopted e.g. a globally recognised code developed by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) which has recently (2009) been incorporated into an updated and wider Pan European Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Reserves (the ‘PERC Reporting Code’). However, these are not always used by industry (in particular, they tend not to be used by the smaller companies) in supplying information to AWPs as part of their annual surveys or as part of the 4 yearly national AM survey.

4.18 For the purposes of annual reports and the assessment of landbanks, reserves are quantified on the basis of the tonnage of mineral within a planning permission area that can be used for aggregate purposes. Thus, a particular tonnage may include reserves and also resources or even a mixture of premium material e.g. for use as a concrete aggregate or skid resistant road surfacing aggregate and, at the other end of the spectrum, poorer quality material that is suitable only for use in lower grade specifications e.g. general fill. Some crushed rock aggregate producers have classified amounts of ‘waste’ rock as a secondary aggregate, particularly if it is of secondary value to their primary products, but for the purpose of this report these are considered to be primary aggregates.

4.19 A different reserve discrepancy may occur when an operator chooses to re-classify all or a portion of a rock reserve (frequently limestone) as industrial limestone, for use in smelting for instance, where previously it had been reported as a crushed rock aggregate reserve. Where such deposits may have a dual end use the reserves calculations may fluctuate year on year according to the commercial viability of a deposit as a source of aggregate or chemical grade material, and thus landbanks of aggregate reserves may go up or down even though the amount of rock has not changed to any degree.

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aggregates which consist of sand/gravel or sand of various compositions generally unsuitable for use in construction due to contamination; these latter materials are commonly used for beach recharge. Sand and gravel in licensed areas is defined as a 50:50 blend on production suitable for use as concreting aggregates and typically contains <20% gravel in situ on the sea bed; sand is defined as a product suitable for use as concreting aggregate or concreting/building sand containing 0-20% gravel on the sea bed but 0-40% gravel on production. Secondary aggregates in the marine dredging context consist of sand/gravel or sand of various compositions that is not generally suitable for a construction use; because of their unpredictable economic viability deposits of secondary aggregates are reported only as resources.

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Table 5 Monitor of Decisions on Planning Applications 2014 (resulting in additional permitted reserves)

MPA Site name Type Mineral Additional Date Date Date refused Withdrawn? Reason for Appeal Pending at permitted submitted granted by by MPA refusal pending 31/12/14 reserves in tonnes MPA (SoS) (SoS) Cornwall Council Greystone Quarry E Igneous rock 500,000 14.3.14 13.6.14 (inc metamorphic rock) Gloucestershire Land East of N, G* S/G 0.3 15.12.08 16.06.14 Spratsgate Lane and adjacent to Keynes Country Park Gloucestershire Whetstone Bridge N, G* S/G 0.375 23.03.12 Yes Farm (granted 17.09.15) Gloucestershire Land adjacent to N, G S/G 0.098 21.02.13 16.10.14 Noise; Page’s Lane Cumulative impact; Insufficient buffer; Harm to setting of conservation area; Proposed restoration contrary to policy Gloucestershire Oathill Quarry E, ET L Maximum 14.10.14 Yes aggregates (granted possible 0.27 21.05.15) Gloucestershire Manor Farm E* S/G 3.2 24.12.13 Yes

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North Somerset Durnford Quarry ET L n/a (as ET to 6.12.12 27.7.14 Council extract remaining permitted reserves of 3 mt) North Somerset Stancombe Quarry ET & L Approx. 9mt 6.14 Yes Council E (granted 15.5.15) South Wickwar Quarry E C/R 1.9mt 10.03.2014 Yes Gloucestershire (granted Council 05.06.15)

Wiltshire Council Low Lane, ET B/S 0.26mt 25.10.2013 29.01.2014 Compton Bassett Wiltshire Council Wetstone Bridge N S/G 0.30mt 25.09.2012 30.09.2014 Farm, Latton

TYPE: N – New; E – Extension; ET – extension of time; G – Greenfield; B – Borrow Pit; R – Renewal; C – Conditions pursuant; C of E – Certificate of Lawfulness; C o U – Change of Use; PD – Permitted Development; WP – Installation of water pipe; VC – Variation of Condition * Environmental Statement submitted. PENDING: No decision notice issued; application not considered or approval granted subject to prior completion of a legal agreement. SoS: Secretary of State. MINERAL: S/G Sand and Gravel; G Gravel; S Sand; B/S Building Sand; L Limestone; C/R Crushed Rock; SA Secondary Aggregates; RA Recycled Aggregates. ꝏ Planning permission quashed by High Court – application being re processed

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Table 6 South West Region Landbank Analysis – 31 December 2013 Crushed Rock Sand and Gravel 2013 Agg Reserves (mt) Average Annual Landbank 2013 Agg. Reserves (mt) Average Annual Landbank Sales (mt) (Reserves Sales (years) 3yr av/10 yr av Sales (mt) (Reserves Sales (Years) 3yr av/10 permitted 2013) 2011-13 and (Landbank based on permitted 2013) 2011-13 and yr av (Landbank 2004-2013 (mt) Apportionment) 2004-2013 (mt) based on (Apportionment (Apportionment Apportionment) Average mt)* Average mt)* Cornwall (including Isles of 1.48 148.1 1.36/1.31 108.9/113.05 ++ ++ + + + + Scilly) (0) (1.68) (88.15) (++) (+ +) (+ +)

Devon (including Dartmoor 2.25 139.9 2.23/2.65 62.73/48.24 0.485 8.135 0.472/0.62 17.23/13.12 NP/Torbay Borough/Part (0) (3.2) (43.72) (0) (0.93) (8.75) Exmoor NP/Plymouth City) Dorset (including 0.16 19.91 0.15/0.22 132.73/90.5 1.6 16.46 1.52/1.543 10.83/10.67 Bournemouth and Poole) (0) (0.30) (66.37) (0.156) (1.97) (8.35) Gloucestershire 1.36 27.55 1.28/1.56 21.52/17.66 0.68 5.35 0.77/0.83 6.95/6.45 (0) (2.25) (12.24) (0) (1.00) (5.35) Somerset (including part 9.98 425 9.81/10.45 43.32/40.67 + + 0 0 0 Exmoor NP) (0.75) (13,42) (31.67) (0) (+ +) (+ +) Wiltshire (including Swindon) 0 0 + + 0.434 2.62 0.468/0.811 5.6/3.23 (0) (+) (+) (0) (1.40) (1.87) West of England (including 2.66 144.47 2.88/3.6 50.17/40.14 0 0 0 0 Bath and North East (0) (4.94) (29.24) (0) (0) (0) Somerset/ Bristol City/South Gloucestershire/North Somerset) South West 17.89 904.93 17.71/19.49 51.1/46.43 3.2 32.565 3.23/3.802 10.08/8.57 (0) (25.75) (35.14) (0.156) (5.31) (6.13) * Average yearly production of sub-regional apportionment figure of 2005-2020 Aggregates Guidelines for England + Included in Dorset + + Included in Devon Dorset S/G reserve and production includes some ball clay sand. NB Reserve tonnages reflect planning, geological and commercial reviews of planning permissions, depletion of reserves by production, permissions granted for new reserves during the relevant years and include some non-aggregate reserves.

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Table 7 South West Region Landbank Analysis – 31 December 2014 Crushed Rock Sand and Gravel 2014 Agg Reserves (mt) Average Annual Landbank 2014 Agg. Reserves (mt) Average Annual Landbank Sales (mt) (Reserves Sales (years) 3yr av/10 yr av Sales (mt) (Reserves Sales (Years) 3yr av/10 yr permitted during 2012-14 and (Landbank based on permitted during 2012-14 and av (Landbank 2014 (mt)) 2005-2014 (mt) Apportionment) 2014) 2005-2014 (mt) based on (Apportionment (Apportionment Apportionment) Average mt)* Average mt)* Cornwall (including Isles of 1.32 167.5 1.37/1.33 122.6/126 ++ ++ ++ ++ Scilly) (0.5) (1.68) (99.7) (++) (++) (++) Devon (including Dartmoor 2.85 118.9 2.504/2.392 47.5/49.7 0.53 7.5 0.503/0.584 14.9/12.8 NP/Torbay Borough/Part (0) (3.2) (37.2) (0) (0.93) (8.06) Exmoor NP/Plymouth City) Dorset (including 0.28 19.63 0.2/0.22 98.15/89.23 1.73 15.2 1.59/1.57 9.56/9.68 Bournemouth and Poole) (0) (0.30) (65.4) (0) (1.97) (7.72) Gloucestershire 1.51 25.99 1.350/1.517 19.3/17.13 0.43 5.46 0.63/0.788 8.7/6.9 (0) (2.25) (11.6) (0.3) (1.0) (5.46) Somerset (including part 12.46 400 10.62/10.72 37.7/37.3 ++ 0 0 0 Exmoor NP) (0) (13.42) (29.8) (0) (++) (++) Wiltshire (including Swindon) 0 0 + + 0.64 2.99 0.52/0.74 5.75/4.0 (0) (+) (+) (0.56) (1.4) (2.14) West of England (including 3.20 145.43 2.92/3.45 49.8/42.15 0 0 0 0 Bath and North East (9) (4.94) (29.4) (0) (0) (0) Somerset/ Bristol City/South Gloucestershire/North Somerset) South West 21.62 877.45 18.964/19.629 46.3/44.7 3.33 31.15 3.24/3.68 9.61/8.46 (9.5) (25.79) (34.0) (0.86) (5.31) (5.87)

* Average yearly production of sub-regional apportionment figure of 2005-2020 Aggregates Guidelines for England (see paragraph 2.4) + Included in Dorset + + Included in Devon Dorset S/G reserve and production includes some ball clay sand. NB. Reserve tonnages reflect planning, geological and commercial reviews of planning permissions, depletion of reserves by production, permissions granted for new reserves during the relevant years and include some non-aggregate reserves.

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5. SECONDARY AND RECYCLED AGGREGATES

5.1 Sales of secondary aggregates in the South West in 2014 were approximately 2mt, down slightly on the 2.2mt of sales in 2013. These continue to be mainly associated with the winning and working of china clay, mainly in Cornwall and to a lesser extent in Devon. In Cornwall, sales of secondary aggregate during 2014 totalled approximately 1.56mt compared with a peak of 2.39mt in 2006 and down from an estimated figure in excess of 1.8mt in 2013. Devon secondary sales in 2014 amounted to 0.435mt, which represents an increase compared with the 2013 figure of 0.387 and constitutes the highest level of sales since 2008. The major source of these aggregates in Devon comprises the by-products derived from the extraction and processing of china clay in the Lee Moor area of Devon, accounting for around 90% of Devon’s production of secondary aggregate. Ball clay sand was also produced in Dorset but in this county sand and gravel associated with ball clay production is recorded under primary aggregates sales (which is different from the position in Devon where such sand and gravel is recorded as secondary aggregate).

5.2 Cornwall remains the main source of secondary aggregates in the South West with industry estimating that in excess of 230mt of reserves of these aggregates are embodied in the china clay waste tips of the St Austell China Clay Area. In 2014, production of secondary aggregates accounted for 54% of Cornwall’s aggregate sales, representing a similar ratio to that achieved in 2013. The high proportion of secondary aggregates sales was attributed to the price advantage that they had over land-won aggregates as a result of their being exempt from the Aggregates Levy. The exemption was, however, suspended from 1st April 2014 pending the outcome of an EU Phase II investigation and then reinstated on 1st August 2015 back-dated to 1st April 2014 so it remains to be seen as to what impact this will have had on sales in the intervening period.

5.3 The other main component of alternative aggregate supply is recycled construction and demolition waste. Previously information on the level of production was not sought from operators on the same basis as for land-won aggregates, i.e. by site survey, but MPAs have in recent years sought data on recycled aggregate sales from relevant operators. Whilst efforts continue in order to improve data reliability and comprehensiveness, estimates have had to be made by some MPAs. When estimates for recycled aggregates production are collated, a South West total in excess of 2.1mt can be estimated for 2014 compared with a figure in excess of 1.3mt in 2013 (see Table 8).

5.4 Until such time as robust data on recycled aggregates are available a complete picture of the supply of aggregates for construction will not be possible. Previously the Regional Assemblies and the South West Regional Technical Advisory Body on Waste (RTAB) were involved in the acquisition of relevant data but the SWRA has been abolished and the South West Waste Technical Advisory Body, whilst still active, has limited scope for undertaking such activity owing to lack of resources. This is one area of the aggregates survey work that continues to require central government intervention if a complete and robust picture of all supplies of aggregates to the construction market is to be obtained.

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Table 8 Estimated sales of recycled aggregates from fixed recycling sites in 2014

MPA Recycled aggregates sites survey Cornwall (inc Isles of Scilly) Not reported Devon (inc Plymouth, Torbay, Dartmoor 960,000* NP and part Exmoor NP) Dorset (inc Bournemouth and Poole) 322,000* Gloucestershire 100,000* Somerset (inc part Exmoor NP) 63,170 Wiltshire (inc Swindon) Not reported West of England (including Bath and North East Somerset/ Bristol City/South 680,000* Gloucestershire/North Somerset) TOTAL >2.1mt

* Estimated Not reported – absence of survey data or confidentiality restrictions

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Table 9 - Summary data 2014 for all aggregate types

Mineral Land won Crushed Marine sand Recycled Secondary Land won Crushed rock Planning sand and rock and gravel aggregate aggregate sand and Authority gravel gravel

10 year 10 year 10 year 10 year 10 year Landbank in Landbank in average average average average average years based years based 2005-2014 2005-2014 2005-2014 2005-2014 2005-2014 on 10 year on 10 year in mtpa in mtpa in mtpa in mtpa in mtpa average average (actual (actual (3 year (3 year (3 year (3 year (3 year reserves in reserves in average) average) average) average) average) million million tonnes tonnes as at as at 31/12/14) 31/12/14)

Cornwall Inc with 1.33 Nil No data 1.852 Inc with 126 Council Devon (1.37) available (1.675) Devon (167.534) (0.308) *estimated Devon County 0.584 2.392 0.048 1.160 0.477 12.8 49.7 Council (0.503) (2.504) (0.039) (0.940) (0.397) (7.502) (118.886) *estimated Dorset County 1.57 0.22 0.09 0.27 Nil 9.68 89.23 Council (1.59) (0.2) (0.09) (0.31) (15.2) (19.63) Gloucestershire 0.788 1.517 Nil Approx. 0.1 Nil 6.9 17.13 County Council (0.630) (1.350) per annum (5.46) (25.99) *estimated and not average Somerset Inc with 10.72 0.035 in 0.040 0.050 Inc with 37.3 County Council Devon (10.62) 2014 (0.077) (0.010) Devon (400) *not average West of England Nil 3.45 0.42 0.74 Nil Nil 42.15 (2.92) (0.36) (0.68) (145.43) *estimated Wiltshire 0.74 0 Nil No data Nil 4.0 Inc with County Council (0.52) (0) available (2.99) Dorset

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6. SIGNIFICANT TRENDS AND EVENTS (BY MINERAL PLANNING AUTHORITY)

General

In 2014, Somerset initiated a Memorandum of Understanding on the ‘Steady and Adequate Supply of Sand and Gravel’ which was signed by Cornwall Council, Devon County Council, Dorset County Council, Exmoor National Park Authority, Gloucestershire County Council and Wiltshire Council. This was used to inform Somerset County Council’s position leading into public hearings on the Somerset Minerals Plan, but also provides useful contextual information on the co-operative approach within the region.

Cornwall

Cornwall is the main source of secondary aggregate in the south west. There is in excess of 230 million tonnes of secondary aggregates feed material embodied in china clay waste tips in Cornwall. In 2014, production of secondary aggregates in Cornwall accounted for 54% of the aggregates market. As secondary aggregates were still exempt from the Aggregates Levy in 2013, they benefitted from a financial advantage over land-won aggregates. These exemptions were subsequently suspended as from 1st April 2014 as a result of the opening of a state aid investigation by the European Commission but then reinstated in full in August 2015 and back-dated to 1st April 2014 to enable producers to reclaim the levy. It is difficult to assess the impact of this period of uncertainty. However, sales of land-won aggregate in Cornwall dropped between 2013 and 2014 from 1.476 to 1.32 million tonnes.

Devon

2014 saw a significant level of development in comparison with earlier years, with major projects including continued construction of the South Devon Link Road and new housing and infrastructure within the East Devon Growth Point.

Sales of crushed rock showed a steep decline from 2005 to 2009 followed by an overall increase, with sales in 2014 being the highest since 2005. In contrast, sand and gravel sales remained flat from 2009 to 2011, with a gradual increase to 2014 when sales still failed to reach 2008 levels.

The proportion of crushed rock aggregates sold in Devon accounted for by limestone has increased, reaching 86% between 2012 and 2014. This reflects the lower level of waste and ease of working in comparison with other rock types, together with the location of the limestone quarries in relation to the main settlements and transport routes.

For sand and gravel, the proportion of sales derived from the Budleigh Salterton Pebble Beds gradually increased during the last 10 years to around 87% in 2013 before dropping to 81% in 2014 as a result of increased output at a quarry elsewhere in Devon rather than a drop in output from the Pebble Beds.

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Subject to a caveat on the accuracy of data for recycled aggregates, sales of secondary and recycled aggregates as a proportion of total aggregate sales showed a surprising decline from their peak of 42% in 2008 to 30% in 2014.

Gloucestershire

In June 2015, the government announced a major £35 million road investment programme for Gloucestershire focussed on the M5 and A40 strategic road network. GFirstLEP, the Local Enterprise Partnership for Gloucestershire, has also secured a funding package valued in the region of £62.5 million to support economic growth in the area, whilst permission has also been granted for a major new energy from waste facility (EfW) at Javelin Park, south of Gloucester.

Nonetheless, compared to the previous two LAAs covering data for 2012 and 2013, projected demand for both sand and gravel and crushed rock has fallen. For sand and gravel, the decline in forecast demand is equal to 42,000 tpa whilst for crushed rock, it equates to 83,000 tpa.

The 2014 sand and gravel sales figure stands at its lowest level over the ten-year period since 2005 at just 0.43 million tonnes, representing a drop of 46% since 2009. In 2009, only 19% of the county’s sand and gravel supply remained within Gloucestershire; the rest was exported, mostly to the neighbouring authorities of Wiltshire (46%) and Oxfordshire (20%). By contrast, in 2014, the level of exports had dropped significantly with the majority (76%) retained for use within Gloucestershire.

For crushed rock, in 2009, 52% of the county’s crushed rock supply remained within Gloucestershire whereas in 2014, this figure had increased to 81%.

There is one possible explanation for the disparity in export figures, specifically for sand and gravel. This relates to the fact that in 2009, Swindon and Wiltshire were notable recipients of sand and gravel (46%) sourced from Gloucestershire. However, it is possible that a proportion of this mineral may only have moved into Wiltshire for processing before re-entering Gloucestershire as a saleable product. This particular local supply dynamic relates to the cross-boundary nature of sand and gravel resources sourced from within the Upper Thames Valley / Cotswold Water Park areas.

The anticipated future impact of imports and exports upon the local supply of aggregates is uncertain for Gloucestershire. However, it appears that local demand may have increased influence over the coming years on the supply of land-won aggregates sourced from within the county. Overall, exports of land-won aggregates have notably declined both in volume and proportion. However, not all of the data on imports and exports is available and therefore a clear picture cannot yet be formed.

Footnote: The Aggregate Minerals (AM) Survey for England and Wales 2014, published in November 2016, presents some information concerning imports and exports relevant to the survey year. However, some data sets concerning Gloucestershire contain errors which have been identified and acknowledged. Consequently, future LAAs for Gloucestershire and SW AWP reports may present revised data that is highly likely to deviate from that released within the AM Survey.

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Somerset

Somerset remains a major producer of crushed rock aggregates with its sales figures significantly higher than the national average. In 2014, sales were 12.46 million tonnes – representing almost a 25% increase on 2013. Nonetheless, the recent figures are considerably lower than the sales of Somerset crushed rock in the early 1990s and 2000s.

Somerset has sufficient permitted reserves to maintain a steady and adequate supply of crushed rock; the crushed rock landbank at the end of 2014 was approximately 400 million tonnes (compared with 425 million tonnes at the end of 2013). However, the landbank figures at the end of 2014 are less than expected as a result of revised operator estimates of permitted reserves.

In particular, based on historic data supplied by the operator in 2014, approximately 8 million tonnes (or 2%) of the crushed rock landbank was considered to be high psv Silurian Andesite. However, recent reassessment of this reserve by the operator indicates that this is more likely to be in the region of 4 million tonnes.

In terms of imports into Somerset, the Chard Junction Quarry on the Somerset/Dorset border is a large contributor to Dorset’s sand and gravel export into Somerset. The quarry has an active permission running until March 2023 by which time it is estimated that reserves would have been worked. Dorset County Council is working to identify other sites that would ensure a sufficient landbank is maintained in order to ensure continuity of Dorset’s supply into the sub-region after 2023.

In 2013, there was a spike in the sales of recycled aggregate which has not been matched in 2014. The increase in 2013 can possibly be explained by a combination of factors, in particular a more complete picture of recycled aggregate production with more survey returns. In 2014, the survey returns suggest a decrease in the production of recycled aggregate. Further work will be carried out in evidence gathering on local waste policy to establish more clearly what is happening in the market for recycled aggregate.

Secondary aggregate sales appear to have reduced to zero in 2014 from a peak of 128,699 tonnes in 2010. However, it is likely that this can be explained by a lack of consistency where the line is drawn between land-won and secondary aggregates. For example, for the purposes of collection of data for the AWP returns, aggregate that attracts the Aggregate Levy is considered to be “primary” aggregate whilst aggregate that is not subject to the levy is considered to be “secondary”. This definition has been used to try and gain consistency in data collection from across the industry, where a variety of definitions exist. The point continues to generate debate and impact on data returns.

Hinkley Point C was granted a Development Consent Order in March 2013. Whilst construction of the new nuclear power station has yet to begin, a range of site preparatory works have been undertaken.

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West of England

The West of England is a significant producer of crushed rock in the South West, being the next highest producer after Somerset. Sales in 2014 bucked the trend which had seen a 38% drop in sales between 2008 and 2013 by rising to 3.20 million tonnes from 2.66 million tonnes in 2013.

Permitted reserves at quarries in South Gloucestershire and North Somerset generate between them a significant landbank of over 42 years (based on the 10 year sales average of 3.45 million tonnes). However, it is important to note that many of the reserves are at inactive quarries in South Gloucestershire which are currently mothballed, in particular Tytherington and Cromhall.

The West of England is a significant net exporter of crushed rock, exporting approximately 46% of crushed rock aggregate produced at quarries within the sub-region. These sales primarily stemmed from quarries in South Gloucestershire.

In 2014, 382,330 tonnes of marine dredged aggregates were landed at Avonmouth, the largest quantity landed at any of the 10 ports within the Crown Estate’s South West Region and accounting for 34.8% of the South West total of 1.097 million tonnes that was landed in those ports that year. However, in the period from 1990-2014, the highest tonnage of aggregate landed at Avonmouth was 618,145 tonnes (2007) indicating that there may be significantly more capacity there than the most recent landings figure suggests.

The National Infrastructure Plan 2014 lists a number of forthcoming projects in the South West to 2020/21, including things such as strategic road network projects and schemes to reduce flood and coastal erosion risk to homes. Listed projects include planned improvements to Bristol Temple Meads Station. The planned nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point C is also listed, as is the Bristol Airport expansion, though this is described as a ‘project in construction as of 2014/15’. The National Infrastructure Plan will be monitored as an influence on demand for aggregates within the West of England.

Dorset

2014 saw a continued increase in aggregate production for Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole – with the sharpest increase being in crushed rock. All production sites are in Dorset. Demand remains high even though there were no particularly significant construction projects in 2014.

Wiltshire

Wiltshire has advised that there is nothing to report for 2014.

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7. PROGRESS ON MINERALS DEVELOPMENT PLANS (AS AT JULY 2016)

Key Milestones for Minerals DPDs (and SPDs) MPA DPD or SPD Stakeholder Regulation Regulation Submission Estimated Estimated title & 18: 19: to SoS date for date for Community Preparation Publication Independent Adoption Engagement Examination begun* Bath & North Local Plan n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a East Somerset including Council minerals and waste policies adopted in October 2007 saved indefinitely until replaced through the Placemaking Plan

Bath & North Core Strategy September October 2009 December May 2011 Between Adopted East Somerset 2007 2010 January 2011 July 2014 Council and April 2014 Bath & North Placemaking September November December April 2016 September December East Somerset Plan (will 2013 2014 2015 2016 2016 Council include detailed minerals development management policies, site allocations and minerals safeguarding areas)

Bristol City Site March – May July 2013 November Adopted Council Allocations 2012 2013 July 2014 and Development Management DPD

Cornwall Council Local Plan February March 2013 February May 2015 Autumn / 2011 and and re- 2015 and May winter January 2012 consult on 2016 2016 changes March 2014 Cornwall Council Minerals November February Autumn 2016 Spring 2017 Spring 2017 Autumn Safeguarding 2013 2011 and 2017 January 2012

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MPA DPD or SPD Stakeholder Regulation Regulation Submission Estimated Estimated title & 18: 19: to SoS date for date for Community Preparation Publication Independent Adoption Engagement Examination begun* Cornwall Council Guidance on Not yet Not yet Not yet Not yet Not yet Not yet the Design known known known known known known Landscaping Restoration and Aftercare of Mineral Extraction

Dorset County Minerals Core Adopted Council, Poole Strategy May 2014 and Bournemouth Borough Councils Dorset County Mineral Sites December July 2015 and February March 2017 July 2017 December Council, Poole Plan 2013 May 2016 2017 2017 and Bournemouth Borough Councils Devon County Minerals Plan Ongoing November August 2015 February May 2016 December Council 2007 and 2016 2016 April 2011 Dartmoor Core Strategy Adopted National Park June 2008 Authority Dartmoor Local Plan 2016 / 2017 2017 2018 2019 National Park Review Authority Plymouth City Core Strategy Adopted Council April 2007 Plymouth City North Adopted Council Plymstock August AAP 2007 (including minerals) Plymouth City Plymouth Ongoing June 2016 October 2016 January March 2017 August Council Plan 2017 2017 Torbay Council Local Plan Adopted December 2015 Somerset Statement of May / June 1st quarter n/a n/a n/a 3rd quarter County Council Community 2016 2016/2017 2016/2017 Involvement Somerset Waster Core Winter 2016 / 3rd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 2nd quarter 4th quarter County Council Strategy DPD spring 2017 2016/2017 2017/2018 2017/2018 2018/2019 2018/2019 Somerset Recycling by tbc 1st quarter n/a n/a n/a 3rd quarter County Council Design 2016/2017 2016/2017

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MPA DPD or SPD Stakeholder Regulation Regulation Submission Estimated Estimated title & 18: 19: to SoS date for date for Community Preparation Publication Independent Adoption Engagement Examination begun* Somerset Somerset Autumn 2009 Autumn 2009 March – April June 2014 Autumn 2014 Adopted County Council Minerals Plan – summer 2014 February 2010 and 2015 January – March 2013 Exmoor National Local Plan November January –June June-July May 2016 July 2016 Spring Park Authority including 2008 2010; 2015 2017 minerals and November waste policies 2011 – January 2012; November – December 2013 Gloucestershire Waste Core November November December September January – Adopted County Council Strategy 2005 2005, 2010 2011 March 2012 November January 2008 2012 and October 2009 Gloucestershire Minerals November November 2016 for 2017 2017 / 2018 2018 County Council Local Plan 2005 2005, draft (includes January 2008 publication; earlier and 2017 for Minerals Core June 2014 pre- Strategy stages) submission publication North Somerset Core Strategy March 2007 October 2007 February July 2011 November Adopted Council (to cover and 2011 2011 April 2012 minerals) November 2009 North Somerset Sites and 2010 February – February July 2015 November July 2016 Council Policies Plan March 2013 2015 2015 Part 1 South Core Strategy Adopted Gloucestershire (inc minerals) December Council 2013 South Policies Sites May 2013 July / October December May 2017 Gloucestershire and Places September 2016 2016 Council DPD (inc 2016 minerals) Wiltshire Minerals Core Adopted Council and Strategy June 2009 Swindon Borough Council Wiltshire Minerals DC Adopted Council and Policies September Swindon 2009 Borough Council

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MPA DPD or SPD Stakeholder Regulation Regulation Submission Estimated Estimated title & 18: 19: to SoS date for date for Community Preparation Publication Independent Adoption Engagement Examination begun* Wiltshire Mineral Sites Adopted Council and Allocations May 2013 Swindon Local Plan Borough Council

* Stakeholder and community engagement is an ongoing activity throughout the DPD process; the dates given by MPAs therefore relate to the start of the initial consultations

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Appendix 1

Membership of the working party

Chairman Andy Hill, Principal Planning Officer Minerals and Waste, Devon County Council

Secretary Julia Webberley, David Jarvis Associates Ltd, 1 Tennyson Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN1 5DT

Mineral Planning Authority Representatives

Bath & North East Somerset Lisa Bartlett, Divisional Director Development; Neil Best, Planning Policy Officer; Sarah Johnston, Senior Planning Officer

Bournemouth Borough Council Andrew England, Head of Planning & Regulation

Bristol City Council Sarah O’Driscoll, Service Manager, City Planning; Debra Abraham, Research and Monitoring Project Manager

Cornwall Council Ellie Inglis-Woolcock, Senior Development Officer (Local Plan); Neil Hayhurst, Senior Development Officer (Local Plan)

Dartmoor National Park Authority Stephen Belli, Director of Planning; Dan Janota, Senior Forward Planner

Devon County Council Andy Hill, Principal Planning Officer Minerals and Waste

Dorset County Council Maxine Bodell, Service Manager, Economy; Trevor Badley, Minerals and Waste Policy Manager

Exmoor National Park Authority Tessa Saunders, Senior Planning Officer; David Wyborn, Head of Planning and Sustainable Development

Gloucestershire County Council Kevin Phillips, Team Manager Minerals and Waste Planning; Lorraine Brooks, Planning Officer Strategic Planning; Robin Drake, Principal Planning Officer – Minerals & Waste Policy

Isles of Scilly Council Craig Dryden, Senior Manager Infrastructure and Planning

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North Somerset Council Phil Anelay, Principal Planning Policy Officer

Plymouth City Council Richard Grant, Spatial Planning Coordinator

Poole Borough Council Stephen Thorne, Head of Planning and Regeneration; Nick Perrins; Bill Gordon

Somerset County Council Sarah Povall, Senior Planning Policy Officer

South Gloucestershire Council Rob Levenston, Strategic Planning Policy & Specialist Advice Team; Patrick Conroy, Strategic Planning Policy and Specialist Advice Manager

Swindon Borough Council Phil Smith, Service Manager, Planning Policy

Torbay Borough Council Tracy Brooks, Senior Strategic Planner; Pat Steward, Spatial Planning Head

Wiltshire County Council Jason Day, Team Leader, Minerals and Waste Development, Economic Development and Planning; Georgina Clampitt-Dix, Head of Spatial Planning, Economic Development and Planning.

Minerals Industry Representatives

David Payne, Senior Planning Advisor, Mineral Products Association Andy Cadell, Estates Manager, Tarmac Shaun Denny, Development Planner, Cemex UK John Bown, Land & Planning Manager, Hanson UK John Penny, Estates Manager, South West, Aggregate Industries UK Ltd Peter Andrew, Group Director Quarry Products, Hills Quarry Products Ltd Roger Cullimore, Chairman, Moreton C Cullimore (Gravels) Ltd (Representative of British Aggregates Association) Barry Wilson, E & JW Glendinning Ltd (Representative of British Aggregates Association) Peter Huxtable, Secretary, British Aggregates Association Mark Russell, Director Marine Aggregates, British Marine Aggregates Producers Association Ross Facey, General Manager, Maen Karne Aggregates, Maen Karne Concrete Products John Hennessy, Health and Safety Director, McGee, National Federation of Demolition Contractors Gary Staddon, Planning and Estate Manager, IMERYS Minerals Ltd Neal Gray, Marine Planner (South West), Marine Planning, Marine Management Organisation

Central Government Representatives Nick Tennant, Team Leader, Minerals and Waste Planning, DCLG; Eamon Mythen, Planning for Minerals and Sustainable Waste Management Team, DCLG

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Other Representatives Stuart McFadzean, Environment Planning Specialist Integrated Environment Planning and Programme Team (Devon & Cornwall), Environment Agency; Jim Davies, Jim Davies E&B Advisor (Planning) Embedding Sustainable Places and Systems, Environment Agency.

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Appendix 2

Active and Inactive Land-Won and Secondary Aggregate Sites 2014

NB Inactive sites do not include closed sites unless permitted reserves remain to be worked. BUILDING STONE QUARRIES

MINERAL COMPANY QUARRY/PIT NAME MINERAL GRID REF PLANNING AUTHORITY Bath and North Bath Stone Group Stoke Hill Mine Limestone ST 779607 East Somerset John Hancock & Sons Upper Lawn Limestone ST 766624 (active) Bath and North ME Foley (Contractors) Ltd Stowey Limestone ST 598587 East Somerset (inactive) North Somerset Cemex (South West) Ltd Freemans Farm Limestone ST 516666 (active) Lafarge Tarmac Ltd Stancombe Limestone ST 504684 Lafarge Tarmac Ltd Durnford Limestone ST 537715 South Hanson Aggregates (South) Chipping Sodbury Limestone ST 754843 Gloucestershire Cemex (South West) Ltd Wickwar Limestone ST 715899 (active) South Hanson Aggregates (South) Cromhall Limestone ST 704915 Gloucestershire Hanson Aggregates (South) Tytherington Limestone ST 660888 (inactive) Sold to private individual Wick Limestone ST 710732 in 2013. Marine Wharves Lafarge Tarmac Marine Ltd Berth D Sand and Gravel ST 510780 Bristol Cemex UK Marine Ltd Berth M Sand and Gravel ST 510783 Cornwall Aggregate Industries Ltd Greystone Dolerite SX 363806 (active) Colas Ltd Carnsew Granite SW 760345 Cornwall Council Castle-an-Dinas Granite SX 484347 Dudman Group West of England Gabbro SW 809213 E&JW Glendinning Pigsdon Sandstone SS 277093 Hanson Aggregates (South) Hingston Down Granite SX 409720 HJ & GA Stratton Pilsamoor Sandstone SX 275857 Lawer Bros Ltd Chywoon Granite SW 748347 Cornwall Aggregate Industries Ltd Kessel Downs Igneous SW 740338 (inactive) Aggregate Industries Ltd Luxulyan Granite SX 094766 Shire Oak Quarries Ltd Dean Gabbro SW 800208 Charteroak Estates Trevassack Serpentine SW 712222 Colas Ltd Tregunnon Gritstone SX 223833 Fahey Concrete Cansford Sandstone SX 168931 Marina Developments Ltd Penlee Blue Elvan SW 468278 MMC Group Dairy Sandstone SX 005475 MMC Group Tredinnick Gritstone SW 930492 Walton Civil Engineering Blackhill Dolerite SX 267817 and Surfacing Contractors Secondary Aggregates Industries Ltd Melbur China Clay waste SW 923557 Aggregates Maen Karne Cornwall Goonvean Aggregates

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MINERAL COMPANY QUARRY/PIT NAME MINERAL GRID REF PLANNING AUTHORITY (active) Brooklands Sand and Littlejohns Pit/Grt “ SW 980570 Aggregates Longstones and Longstones complex Denis May & Sons Ltd Wheal Remfry “ SW 954573 Delabole Slate Delabole Slate waste SX 074840 Mill Hill Quarries Ltd Trevillet Slate waste SX 081881 Mr Stephens Callywith Quarry “ SX 080682 Lantoom Ltd Lantoom/Westwood “ SX 224649 Quarry Secondary Imerys Minerals Blackpool Pit China Clay & SW 982545 Aggregates Waste Cornwall “ Gunheath “ SX 002567 (inactive) “ Goonbarrow “ SX 007581 Marine Wharves Aggregate Industries Ltd Fowey Crushed Rock and SX 127525 Cornwall Secondaries Dudman Group West of England Igneous SW 809213 Quarry Rail Head Aggregate Industries Ltd Methrose Crushed Rock and SW 989526 Cornwall Secondaries Devon inc Aggregate Industries Ltd Blackhill Sand and Gravel SY 055832 Dartmoor NP, “ Moorcroft Limestone SX 525539 Plymouth and “ Rockbeare Sand and Gravel SY 060947 Torbay (active) “ Stoneycombe Limestone SX 872660 “ Venn Ottery Sand and Gravel SY 065913 “ Westleigh Limestone ST 062175 Braunton Aggregates Ltd Vyse Sandstone SS 491411 DE & R Chance Bableigh Wood “ SS 392208 Dr N Byron Hearson Quarry “ SS 606292 Faheys Concrete Ltd Knowle “ SX 594962 E & JW Glendinning Ltd Linhay Limestone SX 773714 “ Uplyme Sand and Gravel SY 313919 Hanson Aggregates (South) Bray Valley aka Barton Sandstone SS 692328 Wood and Brayford “ Town Farm aka Sand and Gravel ST 080168 Whiteball Harleyford Aggregates Ltd Zig Zag Sand and Gravel SX 879690 “ Heathfield aka Sand and Gravel SX 868763 Babcombe / Sands Copse Lush & Sons (agricultural Uplyme Chalk SY 313919 lime) Mill Hill Quarries Ltd Mill Hill Quarry Slate SX 452748 Newbridge Stone Newbridge Sandstone SS 594112 Sam Gilpin Demolition Whitecleaves Igneous SX 737655 Torrington Stone Beam Sandstone SS 470204 Yennadon Stone Ltd Yennadon Slate SX 543687 Devon inc Aggregate Industries Ltd Dunns Hill Limestone ST 068188

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MINERAL COMPANY QUARRY/PIT NAME MINERAL GRID REF PLANNING AUTHORITY Dartmoor NP, “ Meldon Igneous SX 570925 Plymouth and “ Venn Sandstone SS 581305 Torbay (inactive) “ Hillhead Sand and Gravel ST 065136 Hanson Aggregates Beer Chalk SW 215895 “ Plaistow Sandstone SS 568 372 “ Trusham Igneous SX 847807 RF Aggregates (SW) Ltd Haldon Sand and Gravel SX 891843 Unknown New England Igneous SX 598546 C Van Leeuwen Blackenstone “ SX 784858 Marine Wharves Hanson Appledore (Bidna) Sand and Gravel SS 465305 Devon and Wharf Plymouth Evans Transport Appledore Wharf Sand and Gravel SS 464301 (Middle Dock) Aggregates Industries Ltd Plymouth (Pomphlett Crushed Rock SX 501539 Jetty) “ Plymouth Cattedown “ SX 495535 Wharf Notts Contractors Yelland Wharf Sand and Gravel SS 480326 Rail Depots Hanson Exeter St Davids Limestone SX 909941 Devon Secondary Bardon Aggregates Lee Moor China Clay waste SX 573625 Aggregates Mill Hill Quarries Ltd Mill Hill Slate waste SX 452748 Devon Tarmac Headon China Clay waste SX 579604 Sibelco Bovey Basin Ball Clay waste SX 853742 Imerys “ “ SX 845740 Dorset Aggregates Industries Ltd Chard Junction Sand and Gravel ST 345045 (active) “ Warmwell Mainly sand SY 755880 Albion Stone Quarries Admiralty Limestone Crushed SY 694726 (worked by G Crook & rock Sons) G Crook & Sons Ltd Moreton Pit Sand and Gravel SY 782886 Holme Sand and Ballast Masters Pit North and Mainly sand SY 855894 Ltd South Hills Aggregates Woodsford Farm Sand and Gravel SY 765899 Holme Estate Doreys Farm Ball Clay Sand SY 913851 M B Wilkes Ltd Henbury Sand and Gravel SY 964975 New Milton Sand and Hurn Court Farm Sand and Gravel SZ 122968 Ballast Stone Firms Ltd Perryfield Limestone Crushed SY 692711 rock Suttle Stone Quarries Swanworth “ SY 970784 Giles Sturdy (landowner) Trigon Hill Sand and Gravel SY 894892 extracted during Ball Clay operations Raymond Brown Minerals Binnegar Mainly sand SY 885879 & Recycling Ltd

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MINERAL COMPANY QUARRY/PIT NAME MINERAL GRID REF PLANNING AUTHORITY Dorset Aggregate Industries Ltd Tatchells Mainly Sand SY 907888 (inactive) Hanson Aggregates (South) Hyde Pit & Hines Pit “ SY 875885 Mr B Wood Whitesheet Hill Chalk SY 585982 Tarmac Quarry Products Avon Common Sand and Gravel SZ 134987 Ltd Marine Wharves Cemex UK Marine Ltd Wessex Wharf Sand and Gravel SZ 007902 Poole Rail Depots Hanson Hamworthy Limestone SY 986914 Dorset (inactive) Gloucestershire Aggregates Industries Ltd Manor Farm Sand and Gravel SU 172978 (active) Allstones Sand and Gravel Bromsberrow North Sand SO 738330 Cotswold Hill Stone & Cotswold Hill* “ SP 081292 Masonry Ltd / Smiths (Gloucester) Ltd Elliott and Sons Shurdington Sand and Gravel SO 908181 Hanson Aggregates UK Coln Gravel / Thornhill Sand and Gravel SU 186997 Farm “ Daglingworth Limestone SP 000062 Hills Minerals and Waste Shorncote & Dryleaze Sand and Gravel SU 031959 Ltd Breedon Aggregates Huntsmans Quarry Limestone SP 125254 Lafarge Tarmac Stowfield/Rogers “ SO 555111 Oathill Quarry Ltd Oathill “ SP 103289 Moreton C Cullimore Frampton Sand and Gravel SO 767068 Stone Supplies Ltd Veizeys Quarry Limestone ST 882944 Gloucestershire Hanson Aggregates UK Drybrook Limestone SO 640180 (inactive) “ Guiting “ SP 080305 Hills Minerals and Waste Oak Tree Fields Sand and Gravel SU 064958 Ltd “ Cerney Wick “ SU 072957 Huntsmans Quarries Ltd Hornleasow Limestone SP 133323 “ Three Gates “ SP 081294 Moreton C Cullimore Land East of Sand and Gravel SU 025961 Spratsgate Lane Somerset inc Aggregate Industries Ltd Callow Rock Limestone ST 447560 Exmoor NP “ Torr Works “ ST 693436 (active) Castle Hill Quarry Castle Hill “ ST 247408 Company Ltd “ Cannington Park “ ST 251403 Doulting Quarry Doulting Stone Quarry “ ST 648436 Ham & Doulting Stone Co Tout “ ST 536281 Ltd Hanson Aggregates (South) Battscombe “ ST 459544 “ Whatley “ ST 732480 John Wainwright & Co Ltd Moons Hill Igneous ST 662460 Morris and Perry Gurney Slade Limestone ST 625493 R Comer Grove Farm Quarry “ ST 654314

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MINERAL COMPANY QUARRY/PIT NAME MINERAL GRID REF PLANNING AUTHORITY Tarmac Quarry Products Halecombe “ ST 701474 Ltd Wolff Stone Ltd West Cranmore “ ST 659431 Somerset inc Aggregate Industries Ltd Shipham Hill Limestone ST 452559 Exmoor NP “ Holwell/Colemans “ ST 726450 (inactive) Alford Technologies Westbury “ ST 505503 Kilbridge Properties Ltd Dulcote Limestone ST 568440 Mr F Morland Stoke Lane “ ST 667474 The Trustees of the Lime Kiln Hill East Limestone ST 732487 Viscount Asquith’s 1999 Settlement Trust Marine Wharves Hanson Aggregates Marine Dunball Sand and Gravel ST 310410 Somerset Ltd Wiltshire Aggregate Industries Ltd Cleveland Farm Sand and Gravel SU 069945 (active) “ Sands Farm Sand SU 016710 David Cater Goldhill Quarry Limestone ST 937926 Hills Quarry Products Ltd Compton Bassett Sand SU 027717 Hills Quarry Products Ltd Cotswold Community Sand and Gravel SU 033960 Raymond Brown Brickworth Quarry Soft Sand SU 224236 Raymond Brown Round Copse North Soft Sand SU 228232 Extension Moreton C Cullimore Kent End Farm Sand and Gravel SU 054944 “ Roundhouse Farm “ SU 133963 “ Manor/Old Dairy Farm “ SU 037937 “ Manor Farm South “ SU038941 Knockdown Stone Co Knockdown Quarry Limestone ST 843878 Lafarge Tarmac Eysey Manor Farm Sand and Gravel SU 110947 Ham & Doulting Stone Co Elm Park Mine Limestone ST 885683 Ltd Hanson Bath & Portland Hartham Park Limestone ST 855702 Stone Lovell Stone Group Ltd Chicksgrove Quarry Limestone ST 962295 Lovell Stone Group Ltd Hurdcott Quarry Limestone SU 050299 Wiltshire Cotswold Aggregates Latton Lands Sand and Gravel SU 091963 (inactive) (PAS 1&6) Moreton C Cullimore Manor Farm North Sand and Gravel SU 033943 Moreton C Cullimore Three Bridges Sand and Gravel SU 040934 IMERYS Minerals Ltd Quidhampton Quarry Chalk SU 113314 Hanson Bath & Portland Monks Park Mine Limestone ST 876683 Stone Hanson Bath & Portland Westwood Mine Limestone ST 807598 Stone Hanson Aggregates Charnage Down Chalk ST 836330 Lovell Stone Group Ltd Chilmark Mine Limestone ST 975312 Ham & Doulting Stone Co Park Lane Quarry Limestone ST 871672 Ltd Neston Park Estate Ridge Mine Limestone ST 873680

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MINERAL COMPANY QUARRY/PIT NAME MINERAL GRID REF PLANNING AUTHORITY Aggregate Industries Freeth Farm Sand SU 026725 Rail Depots Aggregate Industries/ Royal Wootton Crushed Rock SU 068818 Wiltshire Johnson Aggregates Bassett

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Appendix 3

Recycled Aggregates Sites 2014

MINERAL PLANNING COMPANY SITE NAME GRID REF AUTHORITY Bath and North East ME Foley (Contractors) Ltd Stowey Quarry ST 598563 Somerset Waste Recycling Group Old Fullers Earth Works, Odd ST 728612 Down Bristol Steve Ball Recycled Aggregates Crooks Marsh, Avonmouth ST 534819 Bristol & Avon Ltd Holesmouth, A’mouth ST 520804 ETM Ashton Vale ST 563711 North Somerset Keyway Ltd and ETM Recycling Durnford Quarry ST 537715 Towens Waste Management Warne Road, WsM ST 336610 South Able Waste Management Hallen Industrial Estate ST 544812 Gloucestershire Churngold Severnview Industrial Estate ST 538832 M J Church Landfill Ltd Crown Road WTS ST 671730 Unknown Rowley Fields WTS ST 704836 M J Church Star Farm ST 795737 Bristol & Avon Stone Supplies & Northway ST 612800 Churngold Viridor Waste (Bristol) Ltd Filton T/Stn ST 608801 Cornwall Colas Carnsew Quarry SW 761346 De Lank Granite De Lank Quarry SX 101755 L Winn and Son Ltd Hemiss Farm SW 735335 T H Douce and Sons Parc an Chy SW 720432 St Eval Recycling Co St Eval Recycling SW 867692 Roods Env’tal Services Ltd Roodscroft SW 983572 Aggregate Industries Greystone SX 363805 DRS Demolition Domelick Manor SW 943586 CIB Lello Plant Hire Hayle Recycling Yard SW 554379 Bude Skip Hire Dinscott Waste Transfer Site SS 234108 Cormac Helsbury Quarry Depot SX 008790 Cormac St Mary’s Depot SX 287637 Cormac Tiscott Recycling Depot SS 230089 Cormac Torrey Canyon Depot SW 695401 Cormac Tregongeeves Quarry SX 000515 Cormac Bangor’s Landfill, Launceston SX 319832 Devon Aggregate Industries Westleigh Quarry ST 062175 “ Stoneycombe Quarry SX 862672 A E Stuart & Sons Hill Barton SY 007912 DE&R Chance Bableigh Wood Quarry SS 392208 Greenaways Little Stowford SS 529934 J Coles Contractors Holmacott, Instow SS 507293 Dorton Group Challonsleigh SX 596551 D Britton Lapthorne Cross SX 856537 Jeremy Bishop Haulage Ltd Strashleigh Hams SX 600335 Okehampton & Crediton Skip Johnsland, Bow SS 723016 Hire D J Brooking Torr Quarry SX 745483 Notts Contractors Yelland SS 482323 Siddals Skip Hire Coventry Farm SX 884667 Fosterville Ltd Fosterville SX 857761 B T Jenkins Ltd Trood Lane SX 929885

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MINERAL PLANNING COMPANY SITE NAME GRID REF AUTHORITY Sparling Group Hayedown SX 449795 Devon Waste Management Kenbury Wood SX 918870 Dartmoor National E&JW Glendinning Linhay Hill Quarry SX 768710 Park RP&S Heywood Haulage Pitts Cleave SX 500760 Plymouth Aggregate Industries Moorcroft Quarry SX 526540 Torbay RF Aggregates (SW) Yalberton Tor Quarry SX867591 Dorset Mark Farwell Plant Hire Downend Farm ST 873095 J Suttle Transport Swanworth Quarry SY 968782 G Crook and Sons Ltd Old Heath Farm SW 775881 Mr P Andrews Spratley Wood SW 385897 J Suttle Transport Mannings Heath Depot SZ 039402 Commercial Recycling Ltd Whites Pit SZ 037682 Commercial Recycling Ltd Canford Aggregate Recycling SZ 037682 Washing Plant New Milton Sand & Ballast Masters Quarry SY 853996 New Milton Sand & Ballast Elliot Road Industrial Estate SZ 053996 M B Wilkes Ltd Henbury Plantation SY 961968 Wareham and Purbeck Skip Hire Holton Heath SY 949910 Eco Composting Parley SY 101885 Hurn Court Farm New Milton Sand and Ballast SZ 118970 A+D Skips Puddletown Road SY 882878 Gloucestershire Huntsmans Quarries Naunton SP 123257 HT Waste Recycling Honeybourne Road SP 121421 Hanson (Aggregates) plc Claydon Pike Pit SU 187999 MPH Europe Honeybourne Road SP 122415 Valley Trading Ltd Babdown Industrial Estate ST 849935 Tarmac Ltd Stowfield Quarry SO 557108 Clearwell Quarries Ltd Stowe Hill/Clearwell Quarry SO 566069 Allstone Myers Road, Gloucester SO 847183 Gloucestershire CC Moreton Valence SO 803109 Smiths (Gloucester) Ltd Old Airfield Moreton Valence SO 789100 Moreton C Cullimore Ltd Netherhills Transport Depot SO 764070 Eliot & Sons Ltd Shurdington SO 912180 Keyway Recycling Imperial Gate, Gloucs SO 854185 Somerset Aggregate Industries Colemans Quarry ST 726460 Commercial Recycling Ltd Southwood ST 637370 J D Pope & Sons Evercreech ST 647389 L A Moore Ltd The Old Railway Yard ST 530463 Podimore Recycling Ltd Lower Farm ST 456251 R K Bell Ltd Dunwear Depot ST 318358 R M Penny Emborough Quarry ST 621509 S Roberts & Sons (Bridgwater) Ltd Castlefields ST 303379 Smilers Sand and Gravel The Old Quarry, North Newton ST 291306 Viridor Waste Management Dimmer ST 612314 Viridor Waste Management Walpole ST 310430 Wasteology Ltd Greenham Quarry ST 081194 Wellington Waste Skips Ltd Wellington Waste ST 150218 Westcombe Waste Management Whiscombe Hill ST 464292 Western Skip Hire Lime Kiln Hill ST 732488 YPH Waste Management Lufton Park ST 523167 Wiltshire Elm Tree Reclamation Devizes ST 852530 Wilt Waste Recycling Ltd Tinkfield SU 024599

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