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South East Aggregates Monitoring Report 2012 South East Aggregates Monitoring Report 2012 South East England Aggregates Working Party SEEAWP 13/10 November 2013 Aggregates Monitoring 2012 South East England SEEAWP 13/10 CONTENTS Executive Summary ...................................................................................................... 1 1. Scope of this report................................................................................................ 4 2. Minerals Strategy, Aggregate Guidelines and Apportionment ............................ 4 3. Quarries .................................................................................................................. 5 Land-won Sand and Gravel ........................................................................... 5 Local Crushed Rock ...................................................................................... 6 4. Wharves .................................................................................................................. 7 Landings of Marine-Dredged Sand and Gravel ............................................. 7 Imports of Crushed Rock by Sea ................................................................... 7 5. Rail Depots ............................................................................................................. 8 Crushed Rock and Sand and Gravel ............................................................. 8 6. Consumption of Primary Aggregates ................................................................... 8 7. Secondary and Recycled Material ......................................................................... 9 8. Environment ........................................................................................................... 9 9. Minerals Plans and LAAs ....................................................................................... 9 TABLES Table 1: Sand and Gravel Sales, Permissions and Reserves 2012 (000s tonnes) ........ 11 Table 2: Sales of Soft Sand and Sharp Sand and Gravel 2003- 2012 (000s tonnes) ..... 12 Table 3: Sands and Gravels Sales, Permissions and Reserves 2003-2012 (million tonnes) .......................................................................................................................... 13 Table 4: Sand and Gravel Landbank at end 2012 ......................................................... 14 Table 5: Crushed Rock Sales, Permissions and Reserves in 2012 (000 tonnes) ........... 15 Table 6: Crushed Rock Sales, Permission, Reserved 2003-2012 (million tonnes) ......... 16 Table 7: Landings of Marine Dredged Sand and Gravel 2003-2012 (000 tonnes) ......... 17 Table 8: Imports of Crushed Rock by Sea 2003-2012 (000 tonnes) .............................. 18 Table 9: Sales of Aggregate at SE Rail Depots 2003-2012 (000s tonnes) ..................... 19 FIGURES Figure 1: Sand and Gravel sales and permissions 2003 - 2012 .................................... 20 Figure 2: Sand and Gravel permitted reserves at the end of 2012 ................................. 20 Figure 3: South East sand and gravel reserves 2003-2012 ........................................... 21 Figure 4: Sales of local crushed rock 2003-2012 ........................................................... 21 Figure 5: Reserves of local crushed rock 2003-2012 ..................................................... 22 Figure 6: Landings of marine-dredged sand and gravel 2003-2012 ............................... 22 Figure 7: Imports of crushed rock by sea 2003-2012 ..................................................... 23 Figure 8: Sales at aggregate rail depots 2003-2012 ...................................................... 23 Aggregates Monitoring 2012 South East England SEEAWP 13/10 APPENDIX A: Permissions, Refusals, Undetermined and Withdrawn Applications in 2012 .......................................................................................................................... 24 Applications Permitted in 2012 .................................................................... 24 Applications Refused in 2012 ...................................................................... 25 Undetermined Applications at end 2012 ...................................................... 25 Withdrawn Applications in 2012 .................................................................. 27 APPENDIX B: Key Milestones for Minerals Local Plans in SE Region November 2013 .............................................................................................................................. 28 APPENDIX C: Active and Inactive Aggregate Sites, Rail Depots, Wharves and Recycling and Secondary Aggregate sites in 2012 .................................................. 33 Sand & Gravel ............................................................................................. 33 Crushed Rock ............................................................................................. 37 Wharves ...................................................................................................... 38 Rail Depots ................................................................................................. 40 Sites Producing Secondary & Recycled Aggregates ................................... 42 Aggregates Monitoring 2012 South East England SEEAWP 13/10 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This AM2012 regional report for the South East has been prepared from returns made by quarry, wharf and rail depot operators to Mineral Planning Authorities (MPAs) or the Area Working Party (AWP) Secretary. Recycling and alternative materials data has also been included, together with a record of how applications have been determined or withdrawn in 2012, or remain undetermined at the end of 2012. Where possible, trend comparisons are made with previous AM reports. Regional and Sub-regional Apportionment • The National and Regional Guidelines for Aggregates in England 2005-2020 was published in 2009. But with the revocation of the South East Plan there is no apportionment of the land-won elements to MPAs. • The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) now requires MPAs to prepare an annual Local Aggregate Assessment (LAA), with the forecast of demand for aggregates to be based on an average of 10 years sales data and other relevant information. MPAs are to submit their LAA to the Aggregates Working Party (AWP) and take its views into account when providing for aggregates in its minerals plan. • The AWPs will forward the sum of the MPA’s LAA provision to the National Coordinating Group (NCG) who will consider whether these figures make appropriate national and regional provision for a steady and adequate supply of aggregate. Land-won Sand and Gravel • Sand and gravel sales have declined to 5.5Mt in 2012, some 0.3Mt less than in 2011. They now supply less than 50% of the primary aggregate supply from the region. • Reserves have declined to 81.5Mt, over 3Mt less than at the end of 2011 despite permitted reserves in 2012 almost matching sales. However, there are some 12.5Mt of sand and gravel in undetermined applications. • At the adopted plan levels of provision, or as proposed in draft LAAs, 8 of the 11 authorities at the end of 2012 had land banks in excess of 7 years, and two of the others had only just below a 7 year landbank. The regional landbank was some 9.6 years 1 Aggregates Monitoring 2012 South East England SEEAWP 13/10 Local Crushed Rock • Sales of crushed rock were some 0.8Mt in 2021, some 100,000 less than in 2011 continuing a decline in sales since 2007. • With some 45Mt of reserves at the end of 2012, there are some 36 years for working at 1.25mtpa, the average sales of the last 10 years. Landings of Marine-dredged Sand and Gravel • Some 6.2Mt of marine dredged sand and gravel was sold from wharves in 2012, a significant increase over sales in the four preceding years. • Marine dredged aggregate was providing nearly 50% of the primary aggregate supply from the region. Landings of Sea-Borne Crushed Rock • Landings of crushed rock in 2012 at 1.5Mt were some 0.5Mt less than in 2011. • Over 80% of the crushed rock was landed at wharves in Medway and Kent. Rail Aggregate Depots • Some 2.7Mt of crushed rock and 0.4Mt of land-won sand and marine sand and gravel was sold from rail depots in 2012. Consumption of Primary Aggregates • AM2009 established that the South East consumed some 15.8Mt of primary aggregates that year and was a small net exporter of both land-won sand and gravel and marine aggregate, principally to London, but a major importer of hard rock, principally from the South West. • AM2012 returns provided the same pattern, with overall consumption about the same level. Secondary and Recycled Materials • The 2012 returns show that just over 2.5Mt of CD&EW was being recycled at fixed sites and used for aggregate, and 0.4Mt from other secondary sources. However, returns were incomplete and these figures need to be treated with caution. 2 Aggregates Monitoring 2012 South East England SEEAWP 13/10 Environment • In 2012 there were some 25 quarries within or partly within a National Park/AONB, and just under 20 within or partly within an NNR/SSSI or SPA/SAC. • Sales figures or reserves within or partly within these designations were not available this year. Minerals Plans and LAAs • Only Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Surrey have an adopted Core Strategy. Hampshire also has an adopted Minerals & Waste Plan. • All the SE MPAs except five of the Unitary Authorities in Berkshire have submitted a draft LAA to SEEAWP. At the regional level, it is proposed that
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