LINCOLNSHIRE LOCAL AGGREGATE ASSESSMENT (reporting 2013 data) November 2015 Local Aggregate Assessment CONTENTS 1. Introduction _______________________________________ 3 National Planning Policy Framework __________________________ 3 Lincolnshire Minerals Local Plan _____________________________ 7 Lincolnshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan ____________________ 7 2. Types of aggregate produced in Lincolnshire _____________ 12 Sand and Gravel ________________________________________ 12 3. Current Situation regarding Land won Aggregates in Lincolnshire __________________________________________ 18 Introduction ____________________________________________ 18 Land-won sand and gravel ________________________________ 18 Crushed Rock (Limestone and Chalk) ________________________ 25 4. Recycled/Secondary Aggregate _______________________ 31 5. Marine Won Aggregates _____________________________ 36 6. Future Provision ___________________________________ 37 Local Factors ___________________________________________ 37 Economic Conditions _____________________________________ 37 Housing _______________________________________________ 39 Infrastructure __________________________________________ 43 Conclusion _____________________________________________ 43 7. Policy Considerations _______________________________ 44 Sand and Gravel Requirements _____________________________ 44 Crushed Rock Requirements– Limestone and Chalk _____________ 44 Calculation of Landbanks for decision making on planning applications 45 1 Local Aggregate Assessment Tables Table 1: National and Regional Guidelines for Aggregates Provision in England, 2005 –2020 (Mt) 5 Table 2: Apportionment of Regional Guidelines 6 Table 3: List of Sand and Gravel Sites 2015 19 Table 4: Sales figures for sand and gravel (aggregate) 2004-2013 21 Table 5: Sales figures for sand and gravel by Production Areas 22 Table 6: Permitted reserves of sand and gravel by Production Areas (as at 31st December 2013) 23 Table 7: Landbank based on Production Area and Lincolnshire as a whole (as at 31st December 2013) 24 Table 8: Distribution of Sand and Gravel (2009) 24 Table 9: List of Crushed Rock Sites, as at May 2015 25 Table 10: Sales figures for limestone extracted in Lincolnshire 27 Table 11: Total Limestone Sales in Lincolnshire for Aggregate Purposes compared to Total Crushed Rock Sales in England and the West Midlands 28 Table 12: Sales figures for Chalk 28 Table 13: Landbank for Limestone used for Aggregate Purposes (as at 31st December 2013) 29 Table 14: Distribution of Crushed Rock (2009) 30 Table 15: Estimated CD&E Arisings and Management Route in 2012 33 Table 16: Waste Management Facilities accepting Construction and Demolition Wastes in Lincolnshire 34 Table 17: Average Housing Completions and Sand and Gravel Sales by Production Zone 43 Figures Figure 1: Minerals Production Areas in Lincolnshire 11 Figure 2: Sand & Gravel Resource in Lincolnshire 13 Figure 3: Limestone Resource in Lincolnshire 15 Figure 4: Chalk Resource in Lincolnshire 17 Figure 5: Current Sand & Gravel Quarries in Lincolnshire 20 Figure 6: Current Crushed Rock Quarries in Lincolnshire 26 Graphs Graph 1: C&D Waste Arisings in Lincolnshire 2008 to 2012 .............................................. 32 Graph 2: Excavation Waste Arisings in Lincolnshire 2008 to 2012 ................................. 33 Graph 3: Business Start-ups and Failures in Lincolnshire 2009 – 2013 ........................ 39 Graph 4: Housing completions in Lincolnshire 2004/5 – 2013/14 .................................. 42 Graph 5: Sand and Gravel Sales in Lincolnshire from 2004 - 2013 ................................ 42 2 Local Aggregate Assessment 1. Introduction 1.1. The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) requires an annual Local Aggregate Assessment (LAA) to be produced by Mineral Planning Authorities in order to plan for a steady and adequate supply of aggregates. 1.2. This document is the Local Aggregate Assessment for the County of Lincolnshire. It is the third time that a LAA has been prepared for Lincolnshire. The LAA sets out current supply of and demand for aggregates in the County and indicates the provision that will be needed in order to ensure that Lincolnshire continues to make an appropriate contribution to the steady and adequate supply of aggregates. Revised Local Aggregate Assessments will be produced annually as part of the Local Plan monitoring procedures. National Planning Policy Framework 1.3. The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) states that mineral planning authorities should plan for a steady and adequate supply of aggregates by: – preparing an annual Local Aggregate Assessment, either individually or jointly by agreement with another or other mineral planning authorities, based on a rolling average of 10 years sales data and other relevant local information, and an assessment of all supply options (including marine dredged, secondary and recycled sources); – Participating in the operation of an Aggregate Working Party and taking the advice of that Party into account when preparing their Local Aggregate Assessment; – making provision for the land-won and other elements of their Local Aggregate Assessment in their mineral plans taking account of the advice of the Aggregate Working Parties and the National Aggregate Co-ordinating Group as appropriate. Such provision should take the form of specific sites, preferred areas and/or areas of search and locational criteria as appropriate; – taking account of published National and Sub National Guidelines on future provision which should be used as a guideline when planning for the future demand for and supply of aggregates; – using 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; – making provision for the maintenance of landbanks of at least 7 years for sand and gravel and at least 10 years for crushed rock, whilst ensuring that the capacity of operations to supply a wide range of materials is not compromised. Longer periods may be appropriate to take account of the need to supply a range of types of aggregates, locations of permitted reserves relative to markets, and productive capacity of permitted sites; 3 Local Aggregate Assessment – ensuring that large landbanks bound up in very few sites do not stifle competition; and – calculating and maintaining separate landbanks for any aggregate materials of a specific type or quality which have a distinct and separate market. National and Regional Guidelines 1.4. For over 35 years, geographical imbalances in the occurrence of suitable natural aggregate resources and the areas where they are needed, have been met through the Managed Aggregate Supply System (MASS). The underpinning concept behind MASS is that Mineral Planning Authorities which have adequate resources of aggregates make an appropriate contribution to national as well as local supply. Government guidance on the MASS is set out in the Government’s online Planning Practice Guidance. This indicates the Government considers there is still a role for forecasts of aggregate provision in England and that it will continue to publish National and Sub-national guidelines and continue to make assumptions on the likely contribution of demand for alternatives, imports and marine dredged sand and gravel. 1.5. Prior to the publication of the NPPF, national aggregate policy was set out by the Government in MPS1, which required Mineral Planning Authorities (MPAs) to make provision for the sub-regional apportionment of the National and Regional Guidelines for Aggregate Provision 2005-20201, which was most recently updated in June 2009. The key regional guideline figures are reproduced below in Table 1 along with the national figures for comparison. 1.6. The 2009 Guidelines required the East Midlands region to provide 500mt of crushed rock, 174mt of sand and gravel, and 110mt of alternative materials between 2005 and 2020. 1 National and regional guidelines for aggregates provision in England 2005-2020 (DCLG, Jun 2009) 4 Local Aggregate Assessment Table 1: National and Regional Guidelines for Aggregates Provision in England, 2005 –2020 (Mt) Regions Guidelines for land- Assumptions Mt won production in Region Land– Land- Marine Alternative Net won Sand won Sand & Materials Imports to & Gravel Crushed Gravel (a) England Rock South East 195 25 121 130 31 England 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 Yorkshire & the 78 212 5 133 3 Humber North East 24 99 20 50 0 England 1028 1492 259 993 136 (a) aggregate materials other than land or marine won 1.7. The East Midlands Aggregates Working Party (EMAWP) was asked to produce regional guidelines indicating how the demand identified in the 2009 Guidelines could be met from sources within each region. The sub- regional apportionment (SRA) of the guidelines, was agreed by the EMAWP on 8th January 2010. The details of this sub-regional apportionment are set out in Table 2. EMAWP recommended that the revised National and Regional Guidelines should be accepted in principle and that, among other matters, the revised SRA should be based on the average of the past 7 years sales (2001-2007), expressed as a percentage share of regional sales. 5 Local Aggregate Assessment Table 2: Apportionment of Regional Guidelines