Local Aggregate Assessment June 2015

Staffordshire County Council Local Aggregate Assessment June 2015

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Staffordshire County Council Local Aggregate Assessment June 2015

Contents Introduction to our Second Local Aggregate Assessment ...... 5 Analysis of aggregate supply ...... 7 Provision of secondary/recycled aggregates ...... 7 Provision of Aggregates from Sand and Gravel Reserves ...... 8 Provision of Aggregates from Crushed Rock Reserves ...... 11 Demand for aggregates...... 14 Assessment of the balance between demand and supply ...... 17 Appendix 1: Information relating to Aggregate Sales and Reserves, Quarries and Constraints and Plant using Aggregates ...... 20 Appendix 2: Other relevant local information relating to housing, employment land and major infrastructure ...... 32

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Introduction to our Second Local Aggregate Assessment

1. The quarrying of aggregate minerals is the most significant minerals extraction in Staffordshire in terms of quantity. Aggregate minerals are produced mainly from deposits of sand and gravel across the county but also from limestone found in the Staffordshire Moorlands. The supply of aggregates within the county is supplemented by processing secondary aggregates such as ash from power stations and by recycling construction, demolition and excavation wastes as well as by “imports”, particularly crushed rock from the East Midlands.

2. Each Mineral Planning Authority is required to produce an annual Local Aggregate Assessment which provides an analysis of local aggregate supply, forecasted demand for aggregates, and an assessment of the balance between demand and supply. This report is based on sales and reserves data for 2013 surveyed on behalf of the West Midlands Aggregates Working Party (WMAWP). The report takes into account, the capacity available to produce recycled aggregate within the City of Stoke-on-Trent. The information found in this report is used in preparing our emerging Minerals Local Plan

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Figure 1 Aggregate Minerals in Staffordshire 2013

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Analysis of aggregate supply

Provision of secondary/recycled aggregates

3. National policy requires Mineral Planning Authorities to take into account the contribution that secondary and recycled aggregates make to the supply of materials before considering extraction of primary materials1.

4. There is no local target for the production of secondary/ recycled aggregates in the Minerals Local Plan. The adopted Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Joint Waste Local Plan 2010 – 2026, however, set the following targets:

• 70% of construction, demolition and excavation waste to be diverted from landfill by 2020/21; and, • A minimum of 200,000 tonnes per annum additional throughput capacity for recycling construction, demolition and excavation wastes to be provided by 2020/21.

5. In Staffordshire (including Stoke-on-Trent) there are 32 permitted waste recycling sites having capacity to produce aggregates from construction, demolition and excavation wastes with an estimated total available capacity of approximately 1,284,723 tonnes per annum. The location of these recycling sites can be found on the “Map Search” facility on the County Council’s website (also refer to table 9 in appendix 1).

6. Previous reports have highlighted the difficulty of monitoring the quantity of alternative aggregates (derived from processing industrial by-products or construction, demolition & excavation wastes) produced in Staffordshire. A survey on the production of alternative aggregates in 2013 carried out by the WMAWP indicated that at least 140,000 tonnes of recycled aggregate was produced in Staffordshire as well as aggregate produced from processing ash at Rugeley Power Station. This survey does not indicate the full extent of alternative aggregate produced in Staffordshire given that there is waste recycled at temporary recycling facilities associated with construction sites.

1 Refer to paragraph 143 of the National Planning Policy Framework. 7

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Provision of Aggregates from Sand and Gravel Reserves

7. Key findings from the monitoring of sales and reserves of sand and gravel in Staffordshire during 2013 are as follows:

• Total sales for aggregate use were 4.09 million tonnes; • Sales of building sand (mortar/ asphalt) were 261,400 tonnes (6% of total sales); • Sales of sharp sand (concrete sand) were1,177,190 tonnes (29% of total sales); • Sales of gravel for coating and concrete were 1,371,155 tonnes (34% of total sales) • The 10 years average of sand and gravel sales was 4.956 million tonnes over the period 2004-2013; • The 3 years mean average of sand and gravel sales was 3.87 million tonnes over the period 2011 to 2013; • 18 out of 24 sites with permitted reserves were operational (refer to figure 1). • Permitted reserves (not including reserves associated with “dormant” sites) were 62.26 million tonnes as of 1 January 2014. • During 2013/14 permission was granted for a 11.5 hectare extension to Alrewas Quarry involving 600,000 tonnes of sand and gravel reserves. • No updated data is available on the destination of sales and the imports/ exports of sand and gravel2.

2 The most recent data was gathered as part of National Aggregate Minerals Survey 2009 and was reported in our first Local Aggregate Assessment. 8

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Figure 2: Sales and Reserves of Sand and gravel 2004 – 2013

Sales and Reserves of land-won sand & gravel in Staffordshire 2004-2013 8 120

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80 5

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3 Million tonnes Million 40 2 Reserves (million tonnes) 20 1

0 0 Sales (t) AWP data

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total reserves Years (mt)

Source: Annual Reports of the WMAWP3

8. Analysis of the above monitoring information indicates the following:

• Sales trend: Sales in 2013 were increased by 400,000 tonnes compared with sales in 2012 but were 0.866 million tonnes less than the 10 years sales average for 2004 - 2013. The 10 years sales average for 2004 – 2013 is less than the 10 years sales average over the period 2003 to 2012. The latest 3 years sales average (2011 to 2013) is less than the 10 years sales average for 2004 to 2013 but is 0.11 million tonnes greater than the 3 years sales average for 2010 to 2012.

• Reserves trend: Reserves as of 1 January 2014 are 4.72 million tonnes less than reserves as of 1 January 2013. Note that the reserves figure does not include:

• Reserves associated with statutorily dormant sites;

• Remaining reserves at Seisdon Quarry where there is an undetermined application to allow for the continued extraction of previously permitted reserves (ref: SS.13/17/627 M);

3 See Table 1 Staffordshire Sand and Gravel Sales and Reserves 2004-2013 9

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• 12.1 million tonnes of additional reserves at Newbold Quarry (ref: ES.12/03/501 MW) which were permitted in August 2014; and

• 4 million tonnes of additional reserves at Alrewas Quarry (ref: L.14/03/817 MW) which were approved to be permitted in March 2015 subject to completion of a legal agreement

• Landbank: The landbank as of 1 January 2014 was 12.6 years based on the 10 year sales average for 2004 - 2013 and was 11.5 years based on the level of provision proposed in the draft Minerals Local Plan i.e. 5.4 million tonnes per annum. Both assessments of the landbank exceed the minimum size of landbank for sand & gravel as required by national policy and do not indicate an immediate shortfall of reserves.

• Production capacity: During 2013/14 an application was determined to allow for quarrying to continue at Hints (ref L.13/03/805-808 MW). Additional reserves were permitted at Alrewas Quarry (ref: L.13/07/817 MW) to allow for quarrying to continue up to 2015. Figure 3 indicates how productive capacity4 would deplete without additional reserves being permitted to maintain production..

Figure 3: Total productive capacity

Production capacity for sand & gravel to 2030 7

6 Current permitted capacity

4 Current permitted capacity plus planning applications 3

Millioon tonnes 2 Current permitted capacity plus planning applications plus 1 potential extensions 0 10 year sales average 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 Year

4 The figures used in producing this table are based on output figures confirmed in planning applications and as part of evidence used for the Minerals Local Plan. These figures do not represent a maximum limit on potential production for the quarries and there is potential for the capacity to increase at existing sites. 10

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Source: SCC planning data

• Planned allocations: Referring to saved proposal 5 of the current Minerals Local Plan, there are unimplemented allocations for the working of sand and gravel at Croxden, Barton, and Alrewas/ Whitemoor Haye. Policy 1 of the emerging draft Minerals Local Plan proposes extensions to 11 existing quarries (including the saved allocations for Barton and Alrewas/ Whitemoor Haye) with a combined indicated resource amounting to approximately 34 million tonnes. The effect of developing these extensions in terms of maintaining productive capacity is shown on Figure 3. Additional resources are also identified in the draft Plan within an area of search along the River Trent to the west of the A38 and this could provide replacement production capacity when existing sites in the south are exhausted.

Provision of Aggregates from Crushed Rock Reserves

9. Key findings from recent monitoring of sales and reserves of crushed rock are as follows: • Sales figures for crushed rock worked for aggregate purposes in Staffordshire are confidential because there is currently only a single quarry producing crushed rock aggregates. Therefore, sales are combined with crushed rock sales data for Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire so that the data can be publicly reported. • Total sales for aggregate use were 0.815 million tonnes in 2013; • The 10 years sales average of combined crushed rock sales was 1.26 million tonnes over the period 2004-2013; • The 3 years sales average of combined crushed rock sales was 0.78 million tonnes over the period 2011 to 2013; • Combined permitted reserves of crushed rock aggregate were 200.15 million tonnes as of 1 January 2014; • The combined landbank as of 1 January 2014 was 158.8 years based on a level of provision equivalent to the 10 year sales average for 2004 – 2013. The size of the landbank significantly exceeds the minimum landbank required by national policy; • During 2013/14, there were no additional reserves of crushed rock granted planning permission in Staffordshire. • No updated data is provided on the destination of sales and the imports/ exports of crushed rock.

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Figure 4: Staffordshire & Warwickshire crushed rock sales 2004-2013

Sales of crushed rock -Staffordshire & Warwickshire 2004-2013

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1.5

Sales of crushed rock (combined total) 1 Million tonnes Million

0.5

0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Year

Source: Annual Reports of the WMAWP

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Figure 5: Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Herefordshire crushed rock reserves 2004-2013

Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Herefordshire crushed rock reserves 2004-2013 225 220 215 210

205 200 Reserves 195

Million tonnes Million 190 185 180 175 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Year

Source: Annual Reports of the WMAWP5.

10. Analysis of the above monitoring information indicates the following:

• Sales trends: Combined sales in 2013 increased by 105,000 tonnes compared with combined sales in 2012. The 10 years sales average for 2004 – 2013 is less than the 10 years sales average over the period 2003 to 2012. The latest 3 years sales average is less than the 10 years sales average for 2004 to 2013. • Reserves trend: Combined reserves as of 1 January 2014 are slightly less than reserves as of 1 January 2013. • Landbank: The landbank as of 1 January 2014 was 158 years based on the 10 year sales average for 2004 – 2013. The landbank significantly exceeds the minimum size of landbank for crushed rock as required by national policy and does not indicate an overall shortfall of reserves. Reserves in Staffordshire are understood to be significant. • Production capacity: During 2013/14 permission was granted for quarrying to continue at the Wardlow/ Wredon Quarry Complex until 2046 (ref SM.09/14/113 M). Quarrying operations are currently

5 See Table 2 in Appendix 1: Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire Crushed rock sales and reserves 13

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suspended at this complex but remaining reserves within the quarry amount to 28 million tonnes and it was indicated that the quarries could produce one million tonnes per annum. Current operational production capacity in Staffordshire, however, is associated solely with Cauldon Low Quarry. • Planned allocations: There are no allocations for additional limestone reserves but saved Policy 54 encourages opportunities for development which would provide for co-ordinated working and restoration of adjoining limestone quarries. Potential opportunities for co-ordinated workings remain and will continue to be supported in the emerging Minerals Local Plan.

Demand for aggregates

11. Our first Local Aggregate Assessment6 considered evidence relating to the circumstances of demand including proximity of aggregate resources to key markets within the West Midlands conurbation; and the location of concrete, mortar and coating plants and concrete product factories (refer to table 10 and figure 6 in appendix 1).

12. To understand the demand for aggregates, we also considered evidence relating to the intensity of use of aggregates in construction; data relating to housing completions and projected growth; and major infrastructure development proposals. Since producing the first Local Aggregate Assessment, further consideration of the demand for aggregates by industry has suggested that demand can be apportioned between the following categories (although there are caveats to be applied):

• New Housing • Road Construction/ major improvements • Non Road Infrastructure • Commercial and Industrial construction • Road Maintenance • Other (including public building, other maintenance work)

13. Previously, we indicated that a significant element of demand could be attributed to new housing with associated infrastructure but the above information suggests that other categories of development growth should be monitored.

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14. Residential development and associated infrastructure: Data relating to housing development is monitored both within Staffordshire and in the West Midlands conurbation. The data shown on tables 11 and 12 in appendix 2 relates to net housing completions and proposed levels of new housing provision as indicated in adopted and emerging Local Plans. The overall proposed level of housing of 3,253 per annum for the Staffordshire Districts including Stoke-on-Trent is higher than the 10 years housing completions average of 2,854 and the 10 years average is greater than the most recent 3 years average. Similarly, proposed housing figures for Birmingham and the Black Country area are also greater than recent average completion figures.

15. Employment land provision: Table 12 provides data relating to employment land completions and to provision of additional employment land in Staffordshire Local Plans. The proposed combined provision of 57ha per annum slightly exceeds the most recent 3 year average of provision which was 48ha.

16. Road construction: Aggregates are used to maintain and improve the existing road network as carried out by the local and national highways authorities. A significant amount of the aggregate used for maintenance is derived from using recycled wastes. In 2013, 80,000 tonnes of construction waste was produced and re-used as aggregate on Staffordshire roads managed by the local highways authority.

17. Major infrastructure projects: Table 13 in the Appendix lists national significant infrastructure projects in Staffordshire7. The national Planning Portal provides information about nationally significant infrastructure projects where the Planning Inspectorate is responsible for examining planning applications. Proposals for Phase 1 of the HS2 rail project are being considered by Parliament and phase 2 of the route has been subject to a consultation for the purposes of safeguarding land for the route. At this stage, no specific requirements for aggregates associated with these projects have been identified but we will continue to monitor the development of these projects in terms of requirements for aggregates.

18. National policy requires that a forecast of the demand for aggregates is based on the rolling average of 10-years sales data and other relevant local information8. The above analysis of “other relevant local information” generally indicates that proposals for planned construction are greater than current trends but it is uncertain as to when planned levels of development

7 Refer to the National Infrastructure Plan Pipeline 2014 and the national Planning Portal 8 Refer to paragraph 145 of the National Planning Policy Framework. 15

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will be achieved. There is also uncertainty at this stage as to the extent that planned construction would affect the demand for aggregates.

19. Comments made by the Mineral Products Association in respect of the first Local Aggregate Assessment indicated that future provision based on a 10 years sales average were overly influenced by the recent steep decline in demand and their recommendation was that in order to provide a solid base for future planning which allows economic growth in the county and in importing areas, that a proposed level of provision for sand and gravel in Staffordshire of 6.71 million tonnes per annum is used (based on national guidelines for aggregate provision 2005 – 2020) as recommended by the West Midlands Regional Aggregates Working Party.

20. Similar comments about the use of the most recent national guidelines were made in respect of the partial review of the Northamptonshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan9 and the Inspector of that Plan stated “as they (the national guidelines) were based on production before the recession and within a different policy context, it would not be prudent to accord them very significant weight.” The Inspector in considering “other relevant information” to assessing a level of provision for sand and gravel also stated, “it is possible that demand for aggregates will continue to rise for some time and may remain at a higher level than in recent years. What cannot be predicted with any precision is the period over which it will rise; the level likely to be reached and the duration of higher production. The past is not always a good predictor of the future. Moreover, as recent experience at national level has shown, it is impossible to predict economic growth with any accuracy.”

21. It is considered that these comments are relevant in the Staffordshire context for sand and gravel provision. The figure of 6.71 million tonnes per annum based on national guidelines for aggregate provision 2005 – 2020 exceeds all annual sales figures over the period 2004 to 2013 except in 2006 and exceeds the current 10 year average figure by 1.75 million tonnes. The first draft Minerals Local Plan proposed a level of provision of 5.4 million tonnes per annum based on the 10 years sales average for 2002 – 2011 which exceeds the latest 10 years average by 0.46 million tonnes and the 3 years average (2011 - 2013) by 1.55. On the basis of actual monitored development trends, it is considered that there is no robust information currently available on actual trends for development to justify deviation from the 10 years sales average.

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22. In relation to crushed rock, the sub regional apportionment for Staffordshire of 1.2 million tonnes based on the most recent national guidelines for 2005 – 2020, exceeds the 2013 sales figure for Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire combined. Provision at the level of the proposed sub regional apportionment over the next 10 to 15 years is unlikely and in any event there are sufficient reserves to sustain that level of provision.

Assessment of the balance between demand and supply

23. Having reviewed options for the supply of aggregates and factors affecting demand, there is a requirement to assess whether there is a shortfall or surplus of supply. The Minerals Local Plan will address requirements for aggregate minerals over the next 15 years and the evidence in this assessment indicates that there will be a supply shortfall of sand and gravel as indicated in the table below.

Table 1: Assessment of Sand and Gravel Requirements up to 2030

Reserves (million tonnes) a) Requirement for sand and gravel 84.25 2013 – 2030 based on an annual provision of 4.956 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) (17 years x 4.956) b) Permitted reserves as of 31-12-13 62.26 c) Reserves permitted since 31-12-13 12.70 Shortfall (a-[b+c]) 9.29 Note: Reserves approved but not permitted 5.7 Reserves subject of planning 4.8 application(ref: L.15/04/805-808 MW) Indicated resources associated with 33.7 extensions to sites identified in emerging Minerals Local Plan

24. The following factors relating to sand and gravel supply should be also taken into account:

• Production capacity: Meeting the shortfall identified in table 1 above will not ensure that a productive capacity of 5 million tonnes per annum is maintained. For this purpose, recent approvals to extend Alrewas and Saredon Quarries have been granted (subject to the completion of legal agreements) that will release an additional 5.7 million tonnes of sand and gravel. In addition, the emerging Minerals Local Plan now provides approximately 34 million tonnes

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of additional resources associated with extensions to existing sites. Taking into account the anticipated depletion of production capacity over the next 15 years as shown figure 3 above, the emerging Plan also identifies additional reserves within a proposed area of search west of the A38 that provides the opportunity to replace exhausted capacity anticipated during the second half of the proposed Plan period. There is also scope for additional resources to be released where “exceptional circumstances” (refer to saved policy 38 of the current Plan) or significant material planning benefits (refer to policy 1.6 of the emerging Plan) can be demonstrated. Table 9 in appendix 1 lists sand and gravel reserves that have been permitted since 2004 on the basis of exceptional circumstances within unallocated sites.

• Shortfalls in other mineral planning authority areas: Representations made by the Mineral Products Association indicate that there are shortfalls in sand and gravel landbanks in Warwickshire and Worcestershire. Similarly, our first Local Aggregate Assessment indicated that the sand and gravel landbank in Cheshire East is currently not sufficient. All three mineral planning authorities are in the process of updating their Local Plans and there is no current evidence that the Plans will result in actual shortfalls that would require additional provision in Staffordshire.

• Environmental Constraint: Tables 4 and 5 in appendix 1 indicate the coincidence of international and national environmental or cultural designations associated with current permitted sand and gravel reserves. There are two sand and gravel quarries within the Cannock Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty where national policy requires that great weight should be given to conserving landscape and scenic beauty. Consequently, the current strategy for identifying sand and gravel resources is based on no further workings in the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty beyond those existing permitted areas.

• Concentrated areas of working: Our current Minerals Local Plan refers to two areas of concentrated sand and gravel working which are the river terrace deposits along the Trent Valley and the bedrock deposits south east of Cheadle. The development of resources within these areas should be planned so that cumulative impacts on local communities and the environment will be minimised.

• Depletion of Reserves: Another constraint to supply is the depletion of sand and gravel resources particularly in the southern part of the county. Table 1 in appendix 1 indicates the reduction in the number of operational sites in the county which partly takes into account the temporary suspension of quarrying at sites due to the economic downturn but also the exhaustion of reserves at

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sites including Shoal Hill Quarry near Cannock (ceased working 2010), and Elford (ceased working 2009), Manor Park (ceased working 2005) and Middleton Hall Quarries (ceased working 2007) all within the district of Lichfield.

• Resilience of landbank: The landbank for sand and gravel based on the latest 10 years sales average exceeds the 7 years landbank as recommended in national policy by more than 5 years. There is no immediate shortfall of reserves and recent permissions/ approvals support the maintenance of capacity to produce 5 million tonnes per annum.

• Distribution of supply: The pattern of supply is influenced by geology and by proximity to market. As indicated in our first Local Aggregate Assessment, a key factor for the demand for sand and gravel from Staffordshire quarries relates to the proximity to the West Midlands conurbation10. Three quarters of the productive capacity for sand and gravel in the county is found in the southern part of the county and this is a long standing pattern of supply.11 No evidence is found to suggest that the distribution of supply should change to meet the requirements of new markets.

10 Refer to paragraph 29 of the LAA 2014 indicating that the West Midlands conurbation received approximately a quarter of sand and gravel sales from Staffordshire in 2009. 11 Refer to the Aggregates Local Plan 1989 – 2001 (Adopted 1996) 19

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Appendix 1: Information relating to Aggregate Sales and Reserves, Quarries and Constraints and Plant using Aggregates

Table 2: Staffordshire Sand and Gravel Sales and Reserves 2004-2013

Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Sales (t) RAWP data 6.1 5.8 6.8 6.44 5.34 3.72 3.76 3.82 3.69 4.09 Total reserves (Mt) 97.96 100.15 88.6 82.9 82.88 79.22 73.77 71.79 66.98 61.56 Number of operational sites 22 21 21 21 20 20 17 16 17 17

Table 3: Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire Crushed Rock Sales 2004-2013

Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Sales (t) RAWP data 1.99 1.69 1.7 1.76 1.15 1.2 0.8 0.81 0.71 0.815 Reserves (Mt) 219.5 207.6 207.1 205.71 204.4 204.58 193.5 191.65 201.61 200.15

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List of Aggregate Sites and Assessment of Environmental Constraints Associated with Aggregate Quarries (2013)

Table 4 Operational sand & gravel quarries

Sites Quarry Special Ancient Grid Ref Working Areas of Areas of Operator Reserves Green Belt Scheduled for Mineral Registered Battlefields Monuments ientific Interest Outstanding and Gardens and conservation Ramsar Sites National Parks Natural Beauty World Heritage Cessation Date Sites Special of National Nature ProtectionArea Listed Buildings Listed Registered Parks Sc Newbold Aggregate SK 205 2029  Quarry Industries 195 (Tucklesholme)

Leasowes Aggregate SK 097 2016 Farm, Industries 351 Uttoxeter Enville Road Davis, F.G. & SO 872 2015  Sons 898 Barton Hanson SK 195 2030 Aggregates 155 Freehay Hanson SK 015 2025 Aggregates 411 Pottal Pool Hanson SJ 973 2034   Aggregates 147 Alrewas Lafarge SK 175 2015  Aggregates 125

Rugeley Cemex SK 010 2031     181 Weeford Cemex SK 133 2042  026 Hints/ Hopwas LafargeTarmac SK 163 2013  462 Croxden LafargeTarmac SK 033 2023 417

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Sites Quarry Special Ancient Grid Ref Working Areas of Areas of Operator Reserves Green Belt Scheduled for Mineral Registered Battlefields Monuments ientific Interest Outstanding and Gardens and conservation Ramsar Sites National Parks Natural Beauty World Heritage Cessation Date Sites Special of National Nature ProtectionArea Listed Buildings Listed Registered Parks Sc Seisdon JPE Holdings SO 700 2013  950 Cranebrook WCL Quarries SK 070 2023  064 Captains Barn C.E. & J.M. Dale SK 950 2026  Farm 455 Shire Oak JPE Holdings SK 063 2019  042 Weavers Hill Traxx SJ 794 2022 Aggregates 203

Saredon NRS SJ 2042  Quarry Wastecare/ 944 Breedon 80 Aggregates

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Table 5: Non operational sand and gravel quarries

Quarry Operator Grid Ref Cessation Date for Areas of conservation Special Protection Ramsar Sites World Heritage Sites of Special Areas of Outstanding National Nature National Parks Scheduled Ancient Registered Parks and Registered Battlefields Listed Buildings Green Belt Poolhouse CWI SO 2042   Road Trustees 853 927

Hilton Park Hanson SJ 952 2042   Aggregates 45

Moneymore Hanson SK133 2025  Aggregates 026

Trentham Hanson SJ 750 2042   Aggregates 380

Four Ashes Salop Sand SJ 927 2021   & Gravel 97 Co.

Whittington Severn SO 2042   Hall Lane Trent 870 Water Ltd 820

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Table 6: Operational crushed rock (limestone) quarries

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Quarry Operator Grid Ref Cessation for Date Mineral Areas of conservation Special Protection Ramsar Sites World Sites Heritage of Sites Special Scientific Areas of Outstanding Natural National Nature National Parks Scheduled Ancient Monuments Registered Parks a Gardens Registered Battlefields Listed Buildings Green Belt Cauldon Tarmac SK 2042  Low Limited 084 474

Table 7: Non-operational crushed rock (limestone) quarries

tered Sites Quarry Special Ancient Grid Ref Working Areas of Areas of Operator Reserves Green Belt Scheduled for Mineral Regis Battlefields Monuments Outstanding Outstanding and Gardens and conservation Ramsar Sites National Parks Natural Beauty World Heritage Cessation Date Sites Special of National Nature ProtectionArea Listed Buildings Listed Registered Parks Scientific Interest Kevin Tarmac SK 086 2028 Limited 465 Wardlow / Tarmac SK 087 2046 Wredon Limited 572

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Table 8: Sand and Gravel Reserves permitted under exceptional circumstances within unallocated sites (2004-2015)

Application Site Reasons for decision Decision Date Permitted Reference tonnes ES.26777/01 Newbold Quarry, Avoidance of sterilisation, continued use of existing 01/04/2004 3,800,000 Lichfield Road, Barton site and employment it sustains. under Needwood SM.03/26/171 Captains Barn Farm Special needs of developer requiring guaranteed 26/05/2004 1,100,000 M supply of sand and gravel. L.003/01/805 M Hints Quarry, Nr Small scale extension that removes promontory in the 10/08/2004 230,000 Tamworth northern boundary enabling a more sympathetic final landform. L.02/09/805- Hints and Packington Amalgamation and consolidation of mineral working 27/04/2005 6,000,000 808 MW Hill (Hopwas) Quarries with improved and integrated restoration and reduced cumulative impacts. S.40018 & Rugeley Quarry, Relinquishment of permitted reserves within Bevin's 23/06/2006 2,000,000 CH.00/0577 Wolseley Road, Off Birches and below the water table in Rugeley Quarry. Stafford Brook Road, Consolidation of existing permissions with restoration Rugeley benefits. L.05/19/852 Hunts Farm, Elmhurst Borrow Pit in connection with West Coast railway 09/06/2006 60,000 MW upgrade L.05/20/853 Sheepwash Farm, Borrow Pit in connection with West Coast railway 09/06/2006 60,000 MW Whittington upgrade S.06/07/469 W Wolseley Hall Farm, Extraction of sand and gravel from a borrow pit in 24/01/2007 40,000 Wolseley Park Estates connection with the construction of the Rugeley Eastern Bypass ES.4079/16 Barton Quarry Relinquishment of permitted reserves. 06/02/2007 3,730,000 L.06/19/802 Cranebrook Quarry Special properties to meet specialised demand. 17/05/2007 280,000 MW ES.08/02/524 M Uttoxeter Quarry, Small scale extension worked over a short time scale, 31/07/2009 200,000 Spath, Uttoxeter Continuity of supply of mineral products to local

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Application Site Reasons for decision Decision Date Permitted Reference tonnes markets (including North Staffordshire), working of the mineral is directly limited to the delivery of recreational uses. SS.07/19/681 Calf Heath Quarry, Extension to replace permitted reserves no longer 21/09/2009 600,000 MW Four Ashes, viable. Staffordshire ES.12/03/501 Newbold Quarry, Benefits offered to economy, local community and the 22/09/2014 12,100,000 MW Bardon Aggregates, applicant Lichfield Road, Barton under Needwood, Burton on Trent

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Table 9: Aggregate Recycling Facilities

Site name Operator Site address Postcode Cannock Chase WS15 Land off Power Station Road, Rugeley C.Elwell Transport (Repairs) Ltd Power Station Road, Rugeley, Staffordshire 2WT Land off Rugeley Eastern Bypass, C. Elwell transport (Repairs) Ltd Land off Rugeley Eastern Bypass, Rugeley, Staffordshire Rugeley East Staffordshire Willshees Willshee's Skip Hire Ltd. Willshees Skip Hire, Wharf Road Goldings, Plot 5 Nicolson Way G D Golding Skip Hire Ltd Plot 5, Nicolson Way, off Wellington Road, Burton upon Trent DE14 2AW Land at Nicolson Way (Tim Bates) Tim Bates Plant Hire Ltd. Nicholson Way, Burton Upon Trent, Staffs DE14 2AW Plot 4 Nicolson Way (Tim Bates Plant Tim Bates Plant Hire Ltd. Plot 4, Nicolson Way, off Wellington Road, Burton upon Trent Hire) DE14 2AW Barleyfields, Bellhouse Lane J. Taberner Plant Hire Ltd. Anslow, Burton upon Trent DE13 9PA Uttoxeter Quarry Aggregate Industries UK Ltd Uttoxeter Quarry, Spath, Uttoxeter Burton Skip Hire Burton Skip Hire Shobnall Yard, Burton Bottom of Form Lichfield District Cranebrook WCL Quarries Ltd Cranebrook Quarry, Cranebrook Hill, Muckley Corner, Lichfield, Staffordshire WS14 0BD Hints - Hints, nr. Tamworth and Packington Hill (Hopwas) - Knox's Grave Lane, Hints and Packington Hill (Hopwas) LafargeTarmac Ltd Hopwas Weeford Quarry Cemex UK Operations Limited London Road, Weeford Shire Oak JPE Lichfield Road, Brownhills Newcastle-under-Lyme Holditch House Hamptons Property LLP Holditch House, Holditch Road, Newcastle-Under-Lyme ST5 9JQ Turner Crescent Waste Transfer Station Jumbo Skips Ltd Jumbo Yard, Turner Crescent, Chesterton, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffs ST5 7LU Future Waste & Reclamation Proctor & Belford Chemical Lane, Longport, Stoke On Trent, Staffs ST6 4PB High Carr Recycling Centre Cherry Hill Waste Ltd High Carr Farm, No 2, Talke Road, Chesterton, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffs ST5 7AL Moores Metals Moores Metals Chemical Lane, Longport, Stoke-on-Trent ST6 4PB Former Berrisford Transport Yard Mr Talbot Longbridge Hayes Industrial Estate, Chemical Lane, Newcastle under Lyme Corner Plot, Longbridge Hays A1 Skips Corner Plot, Chemical Lane, Longport, Newcastle-under-Lyme ST6 4PB South Staffordshire Enville Road F G Davis & Sons ( Contractors ) Ltd Wallheath, Dudley, West Midlands Sunshine Farm, Hilton Senwood Contracting Ltd Hilton lane, Essington Windmill Hill and Manor Farm Quarry Lafarge Tarmac Limited Bognop Road, Essington

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Site name Operator Site address Postcode Hollybush Recycling Centre Jack Moody Ltd. Warstones Road Shareshill Stafford Meece Recycling and Transfer Facility Coldcarr Recycling Adjacent to Meece Landfill, Cold Meece Grindley House Farm Holford Contracts (Staffs) Ltd Grindley House Farm, Grindley, Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Booths Farm John & Gloria Fallows Clamgoose Lane, Cheadle ST10 2EG Stoke-on-Trent Fenton Manor Quarry LafargeTarmac Ltd Lordship Lane, Stoke-on-Trent Construction Material Recycling Ltd. (CMR Grange Works Greyhound Way, Cobridge, Stoke-on-Trent Ltd.) ST6 3HX Construction Material Recycling Ltd. (CMR Cockshutt Sidings (CMR Ltd.) Unit 3 Garner street, SoT Ltd.) ST4 7AS Newstead Disposal Area Biffa Waste Services Ltd Newstead Ind Est, Alderflat Drive, Trentham, Stoke On Trent, Staffs ST4 8HT H Brown and Son Recycling Ltd H Brown and Son Recycling Ltd Land at Sneyd Hill, Sneyd Hill, Stoke-on-Trent ST6 2EB

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Table 10: Ready mix concrete plants, roadstone coating plants and concrete product factories

Company Name Site Address Eastings Northings Type District County Hawks Green Ind.Est, Hawks Green, WS11 7LH Ready Mix Cemex 399207 310564 Concrete Cannock Staffordshire Concrete Aggegrate Industries Ltd Newbold Quarry, Lichfield Road, Barton under Needwood, DE13 8EG 420818 319539 Products East Staffordshire Staffordshire Bison Concrete Products Millennium Court, First Avenue, Centrum One Hundred, Burton-On-Trent, Concrete Ltd Staffordshire DE14 2WR 422222 321493 Products East Staffordshire Staffordshire Barton Quarry, Walton Lane, Barton Under Needwood, Burton-On-Trent, Ready Mix Hanson Quarry Products Staffordshire DE13 8EJ 419701 316339 Concrete East Staffordshire Staffordshire Concrete Eternit Clay Tiles Limited Branston 421420 320344 Products East Staffordshire Staffordshire Ready Mix Hanson Premix Wellington Rd, Burton-On-Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 2TG 423329 322310 Concrete East Staffordshire Staffordshire Coltman Precast Concrete Concrete Ltd London Rd, Canwell, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands B75 5SX 413539 302047 Products Lichfield Staffordshire Weeford Quarry, London Road, Canwell, B75 5SZ Ready Mix Cemex 413522 302050 Concrete Lichfield Staffordshire Weeford, London Road, Sutton Coalfield B75 5SX LaFarge Tarmac 413573 302044 Coating Plant Lichfield Staffordshire Ready Mix Lafarge Tarmac Hints Quarry, Hints, B78 3DH 415883 304024 Concrete Lichfield Staffordshire Yewtree House, Croxall Rd, Alrewas, Burton-On-Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 Ready Mix Hope Construction 7LR 418293 315165 Concrete Lichfield Staffordshire Apedale Rd, Chesterton, Newcastle, Staffordshire ST5 6BN Concrete Newcastle-Under- Thorp Precast Ltd 382222 349027 Products Lyme Staffordshire Concrete Newcastle-Under- Aggregate Industries Parkhouse Road East, Parkhouse In Est, Newcastle, ST5 7RB 384022 350054 Products Lyme Staffordshire Ready Mix Newcastle-Under- CEMEX Readymix Brick Klin Lane, Etruria, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire ST6 9PP 383645 349694 Concrete Lyme Staffordshire Ready Mix Newcastle-Under- Hanson Premix Almington Quarry, Brodder, Market Drayton, Shropshire TF9 2PH 370543 333954 Concrete Lyme Staffordshire Concrete South B.S Eaton Ltd Coppice Lane, Cheslyn Hay, Walsall, West Midlands WS6 7EY 397871 307718 Products Staffordshire Staffordshire Pottal Pool Quarry, Teddesley Hay, Penkridge, Stafford, Staffordshire ST19 South Hanson Quarry Products 5RR 397206 314671 Coating Plant Staffordshire Staffordshire Hilton Main Industrial Estate, Cannock Rd, Featherstone, Wolverhampton, West Concrete South Tarmac Topblock Midlands WV10 7HP 393997 304186 Products Staffordshire Staffordshire Ready Mix South SMC Mini-Mix Concrete Asply Close, Four Ashes Ind Estate, Wolverhampton, WV10 7DE 392000 308251 Concrete Staffordshire Staffordshire

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Company Name Site Address Eastings Northings Type District County Enterprise Drive, Station Rd, Four Ashes Industrial Estate, Wolverhampton, Ready Mix South LafargeTarmac West Midlands, WV10 7DG 392007 308396 Concrete Staffordshire Staffordshire Concrete E F C Fencing Estate Farm, Lawnheads, Stafford 3828630 324874 Products Stafford Staffordshire Concrete Kelcamp Ltd St Albans Road, Stafford, ST16 3DR 392459 325249 Products Stafford Staffordshire St. Albans Road, Stafford, ST16 3DR Ready Mix Cemex 3924250 325091 Concrete Stafford Staffordshire Tilcon Avenue, Stafford. ST18 0YH Ready Mix LagargeTarmac 394532 322692 Concrete Stafford Staffordshire Bebbington Brick Concrete Staffordshire Services Ltd Rock Farm, Threapwood, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire ST10 4RB 403951 342750 Products Moorlands Staffordshire Concrete Staffordshire Dalecrete Highfield Stud Farm, Abbey Green Rd, Leek, Staffordshire ST13 8SB 397520 357840 Products Moorlands Staffordshire Unit 11, Brooklands Way, Basford Lane Industrial Estate, Leek, Staffordshire Concrete Staffordshire Dalecrete ST13 7QF 398903 353906 Products Moorlands Staffordshire Barnfields Industrial Estate, Leek, Staffordshire ST13 5QG Concrete Staffordshire Hughes Concrete Ltd 397909 355741 Products Moorlands Staffordshire Cauldon Works, Yelsway, Waterhouses, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire ST10 Staffordshire Lafarge Cement Ltd 3EQ 408467 349716 Coating Plant Moorlands Staffordshire Hanson Agggreate Ready Mix Staffordshire Industries Freehay Quarry, Cheadle, Freehay, ST10 1TR 402697 341909 Concrete Moorlands Staffordshire Hanson Agggreate Ready Mix Staffordshire Industries Mobberley Quarry 401226 340742 Concrete Moorlands Staffordshire Lafarge Tarmac Kevin Quarry, Ramshorn, nr Oakamoor ST10 3BX 408600 346500 Coating Plant East Staffordshire Staffordshire Ready Mix LafargeTarmac 30, Darwell Park, Mica Close, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B77 4DR 423978 302796 Concrete Tamworth Staffordshire 386454 349492 Ready mix Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire Mincrete Ltd Furlong Industrial Estate, Dain Street, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 3LN Concrete 387381 349744 Concrete Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire P & L Fireplaces Hobson Street, Stoke-on-Trent ST6 2AW products 391559 344872 Ready mix Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire Staffs Concrete Ltd Mossfield Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST3 5BW Concrete 389661 345760 Ready mix Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire Lafarge Tarmac Ltd Govan Road, Fenton Industrial Estate, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 2RS Concrete 388218 344942 Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire Aggregate Industries City Road, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 1DT Coating Plant 385522 350704 Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire Cemex Springetts Asphault Plant, Valley Road, Ravenside, Stopke-on-Trent ST6 4PP Coating Plant

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Figure 6 showing location of concrete batching plants, coating plants and concrete product factories in Staffordshire and surrounding areas

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Appendix 2: Other relevant local information relating to housing, employment land and major infrastructure Table 11: Comparison of Housing and Employment Data

Category of development Actual Delivery 3 year Average of 10 year Average of Planned Delivery 2002/03 – 2011/12 Delivery Delivery 2009/10 – 2011/12 2002/03 – 2011/12

Staffordshire Housing 1,906 1907 2854 3253 West Midlands Housing 3644 3370 3871 5700 Staffordshire Employment Land 27ha 48ha 65ha* (5 year average 57ha as data not available)

Table 12: Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Housing and Employment Land

Cannock Chase Adopted Local Plan Cannock Chase 193 296 230 4.9 5.6 (Part 1) 2014..

East Staffordshire 613 Local Plan East Staffordshire 336 332 19.8 8 Submission version

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Employment land Identified in which completions 5 year plan Historic net Historic net average (ha per completions completions annum) Proposed 5 year average 10 year average Proposed Residential (2007-2012) Employment Land Local Authority (2007-2012) (2002-2012) (dwellings per annum) (ha per annum)* Lichfield District Local Lichfield District 294 415 435 6.6 6.4 Plan July 2012 Adopted Core Newcastle-under-Lyme 205 220 285 8.8 5.6 Strategy 2006-2026

South Staffordshire Adopted Core 175 Strategy December South Staffordshire 286 257 1.3 8 201

Stafford Borough 500 Council Adopted Plan Stafford Borough 370 442 8.4 8 June 2014

Staffordshire 275 Moorlands Adopted Staffordshire Moorlands 173 219 3.1 3.2 Core Strategy Newcastle under Lyme and Stoke on Trent Joint Core 570 Spatial Strategy 2006- Stoke-on-Trent 356 477 11.6 11 2026

Tamworth Borough 170 Pre-submission Tamworth Borough 166 216 0.3 2.1 version October 2014

Total 2381 2854 3253 65.2 57.9

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National Projects

There are a number of National Projects that may require significant quantities of aggregates. These are listed on the National Infrastructure Planning website and the Highways Agency website.

Table 13: National projects

Project Details Timetable High Speed 2 National High Speed railway connecting London The construction and commissioning of the with Northern England Proposed Scheme is expected to take place in stages between 2017 and the end of 2032, with some enabling works starting in 2016. Meaford Energy Centre Combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power The application is expected to be submitted to station with a nominal generating capacity of the Planning Inspectorate Q4 2014 or Q1 299MW and associated electricity connection, 2015. gas connection pipeline and highway.

Norton Bridge Rail Improvements Railway improvements in the locality of Norton A decision on the application for a Bridge which involve new track alignments development consent order for Stafford Area including crossing the West Coast Main Line to Improvements – Norton Railway Bridge was link to the Stone branch line. taken on 31 March 2014 and has now been issued.

Willington C Gas Pipeline The application is for gas pipeline approximately A decision on the application for a 27km in length, buried for its entire length, with development consent order for Willington C an above ground installation at the start point. Gas pipeline was taken on 17 December 2014 and has now been issued.

M6 Road Improvements Various projects to improve M6 motorway Current including ‘smart motorway’ hard shoulder works.

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