URBAN VISION PARTNERSHIP LTD West Midlands Aggregate Working Party Annual Monitoring Report 2017, incorporating data from January – December 2017 April 2019 For further information on this document and the West Midlands Aggregates Working Party, please contact: Chairman Adrian Cooper Planning Policy and Strategy Manager Shropshire Council The Shirehall Abbey Foregate Shrewsbury SY2 6ND Tel: 01743 252568
[email protected] Secretary Carolyn Williams Minerals & Waste Planning Unit Urban Vision Partnership Ltd Civic Centre Chorley Road Swinton Salford M27 5AS Tel: 0161 604 7746
[email protected] The statistics and statements contained in this report are based on information from a large number of third party sources and are compiled to an appropriate level of accuracy and verification. Readers should use corroborative data before making major decisions based on this information. Published by Urban Vision Partnership Ltd on behalf of the West Midlands Aggregates Working Party. This publication is also available electronically free of charge on www.communities.gov.uk 2 West Midlands AWP Annual Monitoring Report 2017 Executive Summary 1 The West Midlands Aggregate Working Party (AWP) is one of nine similar working parties throughout England and Wales established in the 1970's. The membership of the West Midlands AWP is detailed in Appendix 1. 2 This Annual Monitoring (AM) report provides sales and reserve data for the calendar year 2017. The report provides data for each of the sub-regions in the West Midlands: • Herefordshire • Worcestershire • Shropshire • Staffordshire • Warwickshire • West Midlands Conurbation . Birmingham . Dudley . Sandwell . Walsall . Wolverhampton . Coventry . Solihull . Stoke-on-Trent . Telford & Wrekin 3 It is not a policy-making body, but is charged with data collection to facilitate planning by Mineral Planning Authorities (MPAs), national government agencies and the industry, and to inform the general reader.