2016
SWAWP
South West Aggregates Working Party
Annual Report: 2016
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 2016 SWAWP
Chair: Sarah Povall Senior Planning Policy Officer Somerset County Council County Hall Taunton Somerset TA1 4DY
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Secretary: Julia Webberley David Jarvis Associates Limited 1 Tennyson Street Swindon SN1 5DT
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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 ...... 12 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 2017) ...... 32
APPENDICES:
Appendix 1 – Membership of the Working Party Appendix 2 – Active and Inactive Land-Won and Secondary Aggregate Sites 2016 Appendix 3 – Recycled Aggregate Sites 2016
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This annual report for 2016 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 2016 with data for earlier years.
In June 2009, the Department for Communities and Local Government (as it then was) 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 (July 2018) (“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) within the South West totalled 23.26mt in 2016, a small increase on 2015 (22.16mt). Somerset continues to be the main vendor with over 58% of sales.
Permitted reserves in the region in 2016 amounted to approximately 866mt at active and inactive sites. This represents a landbank of just under 39 years when based on the average of three years’ sales (2014-2016) and over 43 years when based on the average of 10 years’ sales (2007-2016). All crushed rock producing MPAs except Gloucestershire had a substantial landbank of permitted reserves in 2016 when based on either the 3 or 10 year sales’ averages, though for the first time, Somerset’s 3 year sales’ average has slipped to less than 30 years (down to 29.3). Just under 44% 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 2016, sales of land won sand and gravel in the region totalled 2.98mt, a decrease on 2015 when the total was 3.22mt. Dorset continued to be the main production area, accounting for just under 47% of sales.
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Permitted reserves in the region at the end of 2016 were 26.72mt, a fall on 2015 when reserves stood at 28.38mt. Based on the average of 10 years’ sales, this represents a landbank of just 7.84 years compared with 7.96 years at the end of 2015. Just over 50% of the South West’s reserves continue to be held at sites in Dorset.
Dorset also continues to have the highest sales’ figure for sand and gravel, at 1.39mt in 2016. However, sales’ figures in both Dorset and Wiltshire were down on 2015 (1.39mt compared with 1.5mt in 2015 in Dorset and 0.42mt compared with 0.59mt in 2015 in Wiltshire). Gloucestershire, on the other hand, experienced an increase in its sales’ figure for the second year in a row – from 0.43mt in 2014 to 0.59mt in 2015 to 0.7mt in 2016.
Wiltshire continues to have the lowest landbank of the sand and gravel producing regions in the South West standing at just 2.81 years when based on the 10 year average sales’ figures.
Marine Dredged Sand and Gravel
In 2016, marine dredged landings to English wharves in the South West, mainly sand dredged from licensed areas in the Bristol Channel, amounted to 0.61mt, an increase on the amount landed in 2015 (0.57mt). Avonmouth in Bristol continued to be the main wharf where 0.44mt were landed. Between 2015 and 2016 landings at Avonmouth increased by over 10% compared with an increase of just under 4% between 2014 and 2015.
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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 2016 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 QPA’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 Aggregate 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 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), 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 AWPs 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. An AWP 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, an AWP 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 Co-ordinating Group (NCG), whose membership comprises
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representatives from each AWP, as well as from key government departments and other organisations as deemed appropriate by MHCLG, 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 NCG 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. The AWP Secretaries met most recently in October 2016 whilst the NCG met in October 2017.
1.6 Meetings of SWAWP are normally held at County Hall in Taunton. The SWAWP met three times in 2016 (in January, July and November) and once in 2017 (in June).
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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 carry less weight and, instead, 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 (the then) 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’ sales and secondly by dividing reserves by the annualised sub- regional apportionment (SRA) shown for each MPA area. However, as noted above, 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. Instead, 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 (LAA)1 . 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 relevant 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 2015 and 2016 respectively.
2.6 Appendix 2 lists active and inactive land-won and secondary aggregates sites in 2016; these sites are also shown on Map 1. Appendix 3 lists recycled aggregates sites in the South West in 2016. Secondary and recycled aggregates production is covered in Section 5.
1 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”.
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3. LOCAL AGGREGATES ASSESSMENTS
3.1 With the publication of the NPPF and MASS Guidance in 20122, DCLG (as it was then) 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 LAAs 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. MPAs 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 In respect of the 10-year period covering the years 2007-2016, 5 draft LAAs have been submitted to SWAWP for consideration (Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire and 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.
3.4 Table 3 summarises the position in respect of the region’s LAAs covering the period 2007- 2016 and shows, in particular, the 10 year and 3 year sales’ averages for crushed rock and sand and gravel. The extent of the difference between these averages continues to diminish.
2 Note that the MASS Guidance was withdrawn in March 2014 and replaced by the Planning Practice Guidance.
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Table 3 Local Aggregates Assessments Summary 2016
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 2007-2016 average average as at 31/12/16 2005 - 2020 (mt) ˄ ˄ apportionment to draft LAA) (3 year sales average (actual reserves in mt) proposed 10 yr av LAA 2014-2016) 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 05.07.17 1.32 Included -0.75 n/a 156.3 Included 26.94 Included -21.4 n/a 2017) (1.33) with Devon (206.898) with Devon (1.68) with Devon Devon (June 05.07.17 2.368 0.527 -17.58 +2.53 48.2 13.4 51.21 14.91 -26.0 -43.3 2017) (2.873) (0.514) (114.1) (7.04) (3.20) (0.93) Dorset (February 28.03.18 0.23 1.51 -4.17 -1.95 53.0 8.97 4.82 31.56 -23.3 -23.4 2018) (0.24) (1.54) (12.2*) (13.548) (0.3) (1.97) Gloucs (October 06.11.17 1.452 0.742 -5.71 +29.5 16.75 5.94 36.01 16.07 -35.5 -25.8 2017) (1.540) (0.573) (24.32) (4.41) (2.25) (1.0) Somerset (Awaited) 11.02 Included -14.3 n/a 34.2 Included 214.65 Included -17.9 n/a (12.86) with Devon (377) with Devon (13.42) with Devon WoE (July 2018) 07.09.18 3.41 Nil -2.85 n/a 38.6 Nil 79.1 Nil -31.0 n/a (3.51) (131.7) (4.94) Wiltshire (Awaited) 0 0.63 n/a +3.28 Nil 2.81 Included 22.46 n/a -55 (0) (0.61) (1.77) with (1.4) Dorset S West 19.8 3.409 412 85 (22.353) (3.237) (25.75) (5.31)
n/a not applicable; * estimated; ˄ ˄ 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 2015 and 2016. For both years, the figures for land won sales have been derived from individual LAAs or provided by the relevant MPA. The figures for landings of marine aggregates that were dredged from licensed areas have been obtained from the 19th annual report prepared jointly by the Crown Estate and the British Marine Aggregate Producers Association entitled ‘Marine Aggregate Extraction 2016’3 and from the document entitled ‘Marine Aggregates – The Crown Estate Licences – Summary of Statistics 2016’4. Table 6 shows the landbank situation for land-won aggregates as at 31 December 2015, and Table 7 the situation as at 31 December 2016.
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 2007-2016. In the early 1990s, sales of crushed rock in the region exceeded 25mt each year but for the next 10 years they 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 and this was maintained in 2015 with sales totalling 22.16mt. 2016 saw a small rise in total sales to 23.26mt.
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 2015, sales remained in the region of 3mt, with sales in 2014 of 3.51mt and in 2015 of 3.22mt. Sales in 2016 showed a slight dip down to 2.98mt.
4.4 Figures 3 and 4 split these sales down into MPA sub-regions. 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 since showing a marked increase to 12.46mt in 2014, 12.55mt in 2015 and 13.56mt in 2016, thereby maintaining a contribution of well over 50% 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 to 3.20mt in 2014, to 3.62mt in 2015 and to 3.72mt in 2016. 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
3 Copy available on the BMAPA website: http://www.bmapa.org/documents/BMAPA_19th_Annual_Report.pdf
4 Copy available on the Crown Estate website [Link no longer available]
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back to 2.25mt in 2013 but rising again to 2.85mt in 2014 and to 3mt in 2015. 2016 showed a slight dip down to 2.77mt.
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 and peaking at 1.8mt in 2001. Sales fell to their lowest level of only 1.27mt in 2009 but subsequently rallied, reaching 1.6mt in 2013 and 1.73mt in 2014. However, 2015 saw a fresh drop down to 1.5mt and in 2016 the downward trend continued with sales totalling 1.39mt.
4.6 Elsewhere, in Wiltshire and 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 significantly in 2014 when they totalled 0.82mt (note this figure has been amended since publication of the 2014 annual report owing to updated information supplied by Wiltshire Council) before dropping back to 0.59mt in 2015 and to just 0.42mt in 2016. In Gloucestershire, sales stood at 0.68mt in 2013, a slight fall on the 0.78mt of 2012. They fell again in 2014 to 0.43mt before rising to 0.59mt in 2015 and 0.7mt in 2016. 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. In 2014 they increased slightly to 0.53mt and again in 2015 to 0.54mt but in 2016 they dipped back down to 0.47mt.
4.7 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 just 2.8mt in 2014, 2.26mt in 2015 and just 1.77mt in 2016.
4.8 Marine dredged aggregates (sand and gravel) that were dredged from licensed areas and landed to English wharves in the South West amounted to 0.61mt in 2016, an increase over the 0.57mt recorded in 2015. 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 2016, 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 (0.44mt). Between 2015 and 2016 landings at Avonmouth increased by over 10% compared with an increase of just under 4% between 2014 and 2015.
4.9 Landings at Poole, from dredging areas off the south coast, amounted to 0.072mt in 2016, a decrease of 15.7% on 2015, marking a contrast with last year which saw an increase of 10% (between 2014 and 2015). Landings at Appledore also saw a decrease between 2015 and 2016 – 0.018mt down from 0.026mt whilst landings at Yelland increased slightly from
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0.006mt in 2015 to 0.009mt in 2016. Landings at Bridgwater (Dunball) continued to rise amounting to 0.067mt in 2016 compared with 0.055mt in 2015 which itself was up from 0.036mt in 2014. Landings of marine dredged aggregates into the South West amounted to approximately 17% of the region’s total sand and gravel production in 2016 (0.61/3.59) compared with 15% in 2015, matching the recent high of circa 17% in 2012.
4.10 Dredging in the Bristol Channel in 2016 was permitted at a total removal rate of approximately 1.7mt per year, down from the 2.21mt per year permitted in 2013, although more than half of the tonnage dredged went to Welsh wharves. In total, approximately 1.18mt of Bristol Channel aggregates were landed at 10 wharf locations on the English and Welsh coasts. (Note that Poole is considered to fall within the south coast dredging area rather than in the South West).
4.11 In the south coast dredging area, permitted removal in 2016 remained at 7.38mt and approximately 3.10mt of aggregates were dredged. The dredging industry on the south coast has a wider distribution area than the Bristol Channel and includes some 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) 2015 and 2016 (million tonnes)
2015 2016 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 3.62 0 3.62 3.72 0 3.72 Cornwall 1.29 + 1.29 1.36 + 1.36 Plymouth + 0 + + 0 + Dartmoor NP + 0 + + 0 + Devon 3.0 0.54 3.54 2.77 0.47 3.24 Exmoor NP 0 0 0 0 0 0 Somerset 12.55 + 12.55 13.56 + 13.56 Gloucs 1.46 0.59 2.05 1.65 0.7 2.35 Swindon 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wilts 0 0.59 0.59 0 0.42 0.42 Dorset 0.24 1.5 1.74 0.20 1.39 1.59 Poole 0 0 0 0 0 0 B’mouth 0 0 0 0 0 0
SW TOTAL 22.16 3.22 25.38 23.26 2.98 26.24
Marine S/G 0.57 0.57 0.61 0.61 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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Figure 1 – Crushed Rock Sales in Million Tonnes
Figure 2 – Sand and Gravel Sales in Million Tonnes
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Figure 3
Figure 4
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Landbanks of Aggregates
4.12 The NPPF provides that mineral planning authorities should plan for a steady and adequate supply of aggregates by, amongst other matters, 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.
Crushed rock
4.13 Tables 6 and 7 show the permitted reserves of crushed rock in the region as at 31 December 2015 and 2016 respectively. In 2012, permitted reserves amounted to about 931mt but by the end of 2015 these had fallen to just over 868mt, representing nearly a 7% decrease on the 2012 figure. In 2016, reserves had fallen again to just over 866mt.
4.14 At the end of 2016, the South West’s landbank of crushed rock was 43.7 years when based on the average of 10 years’ sales (2007-2016) though this figure drops to 38.8 years when based on the three year average.
4.15 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 (ie. >30 years) in 2016 when based on the 10 year sales’ average though it is notable that Somerset’s landbank has fallen below 30 years for the first time when based on the 3 year average. Cornwall’s reserves of primary crushed rock continued to increase from 167.5mt at the end of 2014 to 181.70mt at the end of 2015 and to 206.9mt at the end of 2016. It is understood that these increases are largely a result of more up to date figures provided by the industry. 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.
Sand and Gravel
4.16 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 by 2015 they were down to 28.38mt. In 2016, they dropped further to 26.72mt. The total sand and gravel landbank for the South West is also significantly smaller than that for crushed rock, standing at just 7.84 years at the end of 2016 when based on the average of 10 years’ sales.
4.17 Individual MPA sand and gravel landbanks at the end of 2016 were generally consistently smaller throughout the region with the landbank in Wiltshire being just 2.81 years (based on the 10 year sales’ average). Gloucestershire countered its two year trend in rising 10 year average landbanks by dropping back in 2016 to 5.94 years, down from 6.9 years at the end of 2014 and 7.11 years at the end of 2015. The landbank in Devon again comfortably exceeded 10 years at the end of 2016 as it had done for the previous three years. Indeed, it was up to 13.4 years at the end of 2016 compared with 12.5 years at the end of 2015.
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Dorset, the South West’s main sand and gravel production area, also showed a small rise in the landbank from 8.92 years at the end of 2015 (based on the 10 year sales’ average) to 8.94 years at the end of 2016, bucking its previous downward trend.
4.18 The tables continue to show the landbanks based on the apportionment figures in the National and Sub-National Guidelines. However, as noted above, these figures now carry less weight and can only be treated as indicative as they do not take into account actual events such as the economic recession which started in 2008/9.
4.19 It is important to note that the reserves’ figures that are supplied to MPAs by the quarrying industry are not assessed on a uniform basis. Some operators are able accurately to establish the amount of 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 be calculated 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.
4.20 In addition, the assessment of what constitutes a reserve depends 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 classified according to the degree of information known about them. Protocols for a consistent approach to calculating reserves and resources have been adopted. For example, in 2009, a globally recognised code developed by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) was incorporated into an updated and wider Pan European Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Reserves (the ‘PERC Reporting Code’). However, such protocols 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.
4.21 For the purposes of annual reports and the assessment of landbanks, reserves tend to be 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 generally considered to be primary aggregates.
4.22 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
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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.
4.23 A distinction is made by the marine industry between primary aggregates, which consist of either sand/gravel or sand suitable for use in construction e.g. concrete, and secondary aggregates which consist of sand/gravel or sand of various compositions generally unsuitable for use in construction as a result of 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 2016 (resulting in additional permitted reserves)
MPA Site name Type Mineral Additional Date Date Date Withdrawn? Reason for Appeal Pending at permitted submitted granted by refused by refusal pending 31/12/16 reserves in MPA (SoS) MPA (SoS) tonnes Bath & North East Upper Lawn E, G L 5,000tpa until 14.11.16 Yes Somerset Council Quarry 2035 (granted 27.02.18) Dartmoor Linhay Hill E L Not stated 17.06.16 Yes National Park Authority Devon County Straitgate Farm N S/G (1.2mt) 01.05.15 01.03.16 Council Devon County Zig Zag Quarry E S/G 0.5mt 05.02.16 19.10.16 Council Dorset County Binnegar Quarry E S/G 2.25mt 06.07.15 18.05.16 Council Extension Gloucestershire Manor Farm E* S/G 3.2mt 24.12.13 Yes County Council (granted 15.05.17) Gloucestershire Stowe Hill / E L 14+mt 07.12.15 Yes County Council Clearwell Complex
Gloucestershire Stubbs Farm, E S/G 0.017mt 19.08.15 Yes County Council Kempsford (subject to legal agreement since 22.06.17) Gloucestershire Land adjacent to N, G S/G 0.098mt 15.10.15 Appeal Yes County Council Page’s Lane (resubmission submitted (refused by following and MPA
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previous dismissed 27.01.17) refusal) during 2017 Gloucestershire Barnhill Quarry VC C/R Approx 19.10.15 09.05.16 County Council (sandstone) 0.01mtpa until Dec 2042 Gloucestershire Tinkers Barn VC C/R 0.06mt 15.02.16 26.05.16 County Council Quarry (limestone)
Wiltshire Council Three Bridges, N S/G 0.05mt 17.12.15 Yes Ashton Keynes (granted 14.03.17)
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 2015 Crushed Rock Sand and Gravel 2015 Agg Reserves (mt) Average Annual Landbank 2015 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 during 2013-15 and (Landbank based on permitted during 2013-15 and yr av (Landbank 2015 (mt)) 2006-2015 (mt) Apportionment) 2015) 2006-2016 (mt) based on (Apportionment (Apportionment Apportionment) Average mt)* Average mt)* Cornwall (including Isles of 1.29 181.7 1.36/1.32 133.3/137.7 ++ ++ ++ ++ Scilly) (0) (1.68) (108.2) (++) (++) (++) Devon (including Dartmoor 3.0 115.0 2.699/2.352 42.6/48.9 0.54 7.0 0.520/0.560 13.5/12.5 NP/Torbay Borough/Part (0) (3.2) (35.9) (0.18) (0.93) (7.53) Exmoor NP/Plymouth City) Dorset (including 0.24 19.46** 0.23/0.23 84.6/84.6 1.5 13.83 1.61/1.55 8.59/8.92 Bournemouth and Poole) (0) (0.30) (64.9) (0) (1.97) (7.02) Gloucestershire 1.46 25.23 1.443/1.468 17.5/17.2 0.59 5.29 0.567/0.744 9.33/7.11 (0.27) (2.25) (11.2) (0.375) (1.0) (5.29) Somerset (including part 12.55 380.0 11.66/10.85 32.6/35.0 ++ 0 0 0 Exmoor NP) (0) (13.42) (28.3) (0) (++) (++) Wiltshire (including Swindon) 0 + + + 0.59 2.26 0.61/0.71 3.7/3.18 (+) (+) (+) (0.17) (1.4) (1.61) West of England (including 3.62 146.79 3.16/3.4 46.5/43.2 0 0 0 0 Bath and North East (10.9) (4.94) (29.7) (0) (0) (0) Somerset/ Bristol City/South Gloucestershire/North Somerset) South West 22.16 868.19 20.552/19.62 42.2/44.3 3.22 28.38 3.307/3.564 8.58/7.96 (11.17) (25.79) (33.7) (0.725) (5.31) (5.34) * Average yearly production of sub-regional apportionment figure of 2005-2020 Aggregates Guidelines for England ** Estimated + 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 2016 Crushed Rock Sand and Gravel 2016 Agg Reserves (mt) Average Annual Landbank 2016 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 2014-16 and (Landbank based on permitted during 2014-16 and av (Landbank 2016 (mt)) 2007-2016 (mt) Apportionment) 2016) 2007-2016 (mt) based on (Apportionment (Apportionment Apportionment) Average mt)* Average mt)* Cornwall (including Isles of 1.36 206.9 1.33/1.32 156.0/156.3 ++ ++ ++ ++ Scilly) (0) (1.68) (123.2) (++) (++) (++) Devon (including Dartmoor 2.77 114.1 2.873/2.368 39.7/48.2 0.47 7.04 0.514/0.527 13.7/13.4 NP/Torbay Borough/Part (0) (3.2) (35.7) (0.5) (0.93) (7.57) Exmoor NP/Plymouth City) Dorset (including 0.20 12.2** 0.24/0.23 50.8/53.0 1.39 13.5 1.54/1.51 8.77/8.94 Bournemouth and Poole) (0) (0.30) (40.7) (2.25) (1.97) (6.85) Gloucestershire 1.65 24.32 1.54/1.452 15.8/16.7 0.7 4.41 0.573/0.742 7.7/5.94 (0.33) (2.25) (10.8) (0) (1.0) (4.41) Somerset (including part 13.56 377.0 12.86/11.02 29.3/34.2 ++ 0 0 0 Exmoor NP) (0) (13.42) (28.1) (0) (++) (++) Wiltshire (including Swindon) 0 0 0 0 0.42 1.77 0.61/0.63 2.9/2.81 (0) (+) (0) (0) (1.4) (1.26) West of England (including 3.72 131.7 3.51/3.41 37.5/38.6 0 0 0 0 Bath and North East (0) (4.94) (26.7) (0) (0) (0) Somerset/ Bristol City/South Gloucestershire/North Somerset) South West 23.26 866.22 22.353/19.8 38.8/43.7 2.98 26.72 3.237/3.409 8.25/7.84 (0.33) (25.79) (33.6) (2.75) (5.30) (5.04)
* Average yearly production of sub-regional apportionment figure of 2005-2020 Aggregates Guidelines for England (see section 2 above) ** Estimated + 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 totalled 2.17mt in 2016, dipping just slightly from the 2.2mt recorded in 2015. 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 2016 totalled approximately 1.61mt compared with a peak of 2.39mt in 2006. Some 96% of the secondary aggregates were derived from china clay waste, the remainder being slate waste products.
5.2 Devon secondary sales in 2016 amounted to 0.489mt, which represented a slight increase compared with the 2015 figure of 0.473mt and constituted 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).
5.3 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 2016, production of secondary aggregates accounted for 54% of Cornwall’s aggregate sales, maintaining a similar ratio to that achieved in 2015.
5.4 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 of just less than 2mt can be estimated for 2016 (see Table 8) which is equivalent to the estimated total in 2015.
5.5 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 (SWRTAB) were involved in the acquisition of relevant data but the South West Regional Assembly has been abolished and the SWRTAB, 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 2016
MPA Recycled aggregates sites survey Cornwall (inc Isles of Scilly) 352,566t* Devon (inc Plymouth, Torbay, Dartmoor 397,000t*~ NP and part Exmoor NP) 346,157t * (partially Dorset (inc Bournemouth and Poole) estimated, owing to non- return from one operator) Gloucestershire 139,000t Somerset (inc part Exmoor NP) 11,911t Wiltshire (inc Swindon) No data available West of England (including Bath and North East Somerset/ Bristol City/South 680,000t* Gloucestershire/North Somerset) TOTAL <2.0mt
* Estimated ~ Includes an allowance for temporary sites Not reported Owing to absence of survey data or confidentiality restrictions
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Table 9 - Summary data 2016 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 2007-2016 2007-2016 2007-2016 2007-2016 2007-2016 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 31/12/16) 31/12/16)
Cornwall Inc with 1.32 Nil No data 1.70 Inc with 156.3 Council Devon (1.33) available (1.51) Devon (206.898) (0.318)
Devon County 0.527 2.368 0.042 0.409* 0.462 13.4 48.2 Council (0.514) (2.873) (0.035) (0.417) (0.466) (7.04) (114.1) *5 year average Dorset County 1.51 0.23 0.09 0.29 Nil 8.94 53.0 Council (1.54) (0.24) (0.09) (0.33) (13.548) (12.2)
Gloucestershire 0.742 1.452 Nil 0.1 0 5.94 16.75 County Council (0.573) (1.540) (0.1) (0) (4.41) (24.32) *estimated Somerset Inc with 11.02 N/a 0.043 0.049 Inc with 34.2 County Council Devon (12.86) (0.0523) (0.047) (0.025) Devon (377)
West of England Nil 3.41 0.40 0.71 No averages Nil 38.6 (3.51) (0.40) (0.68) available but (131.7) *estimated 16,000t produced in 2016 Wiltshire 0.63 0 Nil No data Nil 2.81 Nil County Council (0.61) (0) available (1.77)
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6. SIGNIFICANT TRENDS AND EVENTS (BY MINERAL PLANNING AUTHORITY)
Cornwall
2016 saw a significant level of development, with major projects including the dualling of the A30 at Temple.
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 2016, production of secondary aggregates in Cornwall accounted for 54% of the aggregates’ market. Sales of land-won aggregate in Cornwall in 2016 remained similar to previous years with 1.29 million tonnes produced in 2015 and 1.36 million tonnes in 2016.
Devon
2016 saw the continuation of large scale new community developments at Sherford and Cranbrook, along with projects and infrastructure within the Exeter and East Devon Growth Point. The year also saw continued work on the Exeter Flood Defence Scheme.
Sales of crushed rock in 2016 dipped slightly from sales in 2015 at 2.8 million tonnes. Sand and gravel sales also showed a drop in 2016 at 467,000 tonnes. The sales drop could be attributable to completion of the major infrastructure project constructing the South Devon Link Road.
Over the past ten years, the proportion of crushed rock aggregates sold in Devon accounted for by limestone has increased, reaching 88% in 2015, before dropping slightly to 85% in 2016. 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 and 2015 and rising again in 2016 to 86%.
Sales of secondary aggregates reached their highest level since 2008, while sales of recycled aggregates in 2016 were below the previous year.
Gloucestershire
In excess of £100 million of inward investment has already been awarded to the locality via bids submitted by GFirst LEP, to help secure the delivery of a number of new growth projects within the county. Larger-scale infrastructure construction schemes expected to take place over the next few years include: - the development of Cheltenham Cyber Business Park; traffic management improvements on the A40 at Longford; corridor improvements along the A419 to Junction 13 of the M5 and widening of the Gloucester South-West bypass at Llanthony Road.
Longer-term (post 2021), there are a number of significant/larger-scale infrastructure construction schemes being investigated for the county. These include amongst others: - development of an all
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movements junction 10 for the M5; various highway improvements to the Strategic Road Network along the A417 / A419 (the missing link) and several sustainable-related infrastructure projects to improve links between Cheltenham and Gloucester and facilitate greater connectivity with the SRN.
Somerset
Somerset remains a major producer of crushed rock aggregates with its sales figures significantly higher than the national average. In 2016, aggregate sales were 13.56 million tonnes – representing an increase of 8% from 2015 levels and marking a bigger growth level than that experienced in 2015 which had a small increase of just under 1% on the previous year (2014). For the first time, sales have exceeded the annual sub-regional apportionment figure of 13.4mt.
Somerset has sufficient permitted reserves to maintain a steady and adequate supply of crushed rock; the crushed rock landbank at the end of 2016 was approximately 377 million tonnes (compared with 380 million tonnes at the end of 2015). However, the landbank figures at the end of 2016 may in fact be less than this, as we await the results of revised operator estimates of permitted reserves.
In particular, based on historic data supplied by one 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 likely to be significantly less. This will be updated in future editions of the SWAWP Report, when further information becomes available.
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. Dorset’s Pre-Submission Draft Minerals Sites Plan observes that additional sand and gravel sites will need to be developed in order to maintain sales throughout the life of that Plan and to ensure a sufficient landbank is maintained for Dorset’s supply into the sub-region. The Plan (published in December 2017) proposes new allocations to provide at least 11.87mt to meet expected demand over the period 2018 to 2033. The proposed Policy MS-1(3) sets out to provide for up to 16.5mt, and along with the existing estimated permitted reserves of 10.78mt would provide a total supply of some 27.28mt over the plan period.
In 2013, there was a spike in the sales of recycled aggregate which has not been matched in subsequent years. 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 2015, the survey returns suggested an increase on the previous year 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 are reported to be 56,095 tonnes, indicating again that the zero reporting in 2014 is somewhat of an anomaly. It is likely that this can be explained by a lack of consistency
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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 and construction of the new nuclear power station began in 2016. The Freight Management Strategy in EDF Energy’s Transport Assessment estimates that 7.1 million tonnes of material will be transported to/from the Hinkley Point C project sites during the construction phase. This total includes construction materials, waste and materials generated by the removal of some of the associated development facilities at the end of the HPC construction phase. The main civil works will require approximately 2.3 million tonnes of materials for on-site concrete production.
Other significant infrastructure projects for Somerset include the following corridor bypass and widening projects: A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down; A303 Sparkford Ilchester Dualling; and A358 Taunton to Southfields. Other major construction projects within Somerset include the phased development of extensions around Taunton, Bridgwater and Yeovil.
West of England
The West of England is a significant producer of primary crushed rock in the South West, being the next highest producer after Somerset. Sales in 2016 were 3.72 million tonnes, a rise compared to 3.62 million tonnes in 2015.
Permitted reserves at quarries in South Gloucestershire and North Somerset generate between them a significant landbank of over 38 years (based on the 10 year sales average of 3.41 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 in 20145 approximately 46% of crushed rock aggregate produced at quarries within the sub-region. These sales primarily stemmed from quarries in South Gloucestershire.
In 2016, 440,376 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 37.1% of the South West total of 1.186 million tonnes that was landed in those ports that year. However, in the period from 1990-2016, 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
5 2014 AM data refers
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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
With the exception of recycled aggregates, aggregate sales in Dorset either remained flat or continued to decline in 2016. The sharpest decline was in Poole Formation sand, generally reflecting the decreasing supply of this aggregate source, including the closure of Warmwell Quarry. The permission at Binnegar Quarry is primarily Poole Formation sand and will contribute to meeting this shortfall.
Wiltshire
Wiltshire has advised that there is nothing to report for 2016.
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7. PROGRESS ON MINERALS DEVELOPMENT PLANS (AS AT MARCH 2018)
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 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 Adopted East Somerset Plan 2013 2014 2015 2016 July 2017 Council
Bath & North Local Plan November December March 2019 June 2019 December East Somerset Review 2017-July 2018 2019 Council 2018 Bristol City Site March – May July 2013 November Adopted Council Allocations 2012 2013 July 2014 and Development Management DPD
Bristol City Local Plan 2016 February – March 2019 September January 2020 July 2020 Council partial review April 2018 2019 Cornwall Council Local Plan February March 2013 February May 2015 Adopted 2011 and and re- 2015 and May November January 2012 consult on 2016 2016 changes March 2014 Cornwall Council Minerals November February Autumn 2016 October January 2018 Autumn / Safeguarding 2013 2011 and 2017 winter DPD January 2012 2018 Dorset County Minerals Core Adopted Council, Poole Strategy May 2014 and Bournemouth Borough Councils Dorset County Mineral Sites December July 2015 and December March 2018 September February Council, Poole Plan 2013 May 2016 2017 2018 2019 and Bournemouth Borough Councils Devon County Minerals Plan Adopted Council February 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* Devon County Mineral Adopted Council Safeguarding January SPD 2018 Dartmoor Core Strategy Adopted National Park June 2008 Authority Dartmoor Local Plan 2016 / 2017 October 2016 2018 2019 2020 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 South West July 2016 November March 2017 Summer Early 2018 Summer Council Devon Joint 2016 2017 2018 Local Plan Torbay Council Local Plan Adopted 2012-2030 -A December landscape for 2015 success 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 Adopted Park Authority including July 2017 minerals and waste policies 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 2018 2019 2019 County Council Local Plan 2005 2005, draft (includes January 2008 publication; earlier and 2018 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
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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* North Somerset Sites and 2010 February – February July 2015 November Adopted Council Policies Plan March 2013 2015 2015 July 2016 Part 1 North Somerset North June 2016 September June 2019 Autumn Winter 2019 Spring Council Somerset 2018 2019 2020 Local Plan 2018-2036 South Core Strategy Adopted Gloucestershire (inc minerals) December Council 2013 South Policies Sites Adopted Gloucestershire and Places November Council DPD (inc 2017 minerals) South South January 2017 March 2017 – June – July September December April 2020 Gloucestershire Gloucestershi December 2019 2019 2019 Council re Local Plan 2018 2018-2036 Wiltshire Minerals Core Adopted Council and Strategy June 2009 Swindon Borough Council Wiltshire Minerals DC Adopted Council and Policies September Swindon 2009 Borough Council 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
Chair Sarah Povall, Senior Planning Policy Officer, Somerset 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 Mark Axford, Policy Manager
Bristol City Council Sarah O’Driscoll, Service Manager, City Planning; Debra Abraham, Research and Monitoring Project Manager
Cornwall Council Ellie Inglis-Woolcock, Principal Development Officer (Local Plan); Neil Hayhurst, Senior Development Officer (Local Plan)
Dartmoor National Park Authority Dan Janota, Senior Forward Planner
Devon County Council Eleanor Ward, Senior Planning Officer
Dorset County Council Maxine Bodell, Service Manager, Economy; Trevor Badley, Minerals and Waste Policy Manager Charlotte Rushmere, Principal Planning Officer – Development Management
Exmoor National Park Authority Jo Symons, Policy and Community Manager
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 Richard Genge, Planning and Regeneration Manager; Nick Perrins, Planning Policy and Implementation Manager; Bill Gordon, Senior Planning Officer
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 Daniel Harper, Land & Planning Manager, Hanson UK Trystan Mabbitt, Land & Planning Manager (South) 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 Ed Wright, Marine Management Organisation Neil Amos, Marine Planner (South Plan), Marine Management Organisation
Central Government Representatives Vicky Engelke, Minerals and Waste Planning, MHCLG;
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Other Representatives Stuart McFadzean, Environment Planning Specialist Integrated Environment Planning and Programme Team (Devon & Cornwall), Environment Agency; Jim Davies, E&B Advisor (Planning) Embedding Sustainable Places and Systems, National Office, Environment Agency; Robert Anderson, Royal Haskoning DHV, Crown Estate Managing Agent
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Appendix 2
Active and Inactive Land-Won and Secondary Aggregate Sites 2016
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 Tarmac Ltd Avonmouth Sand and Gravel ST 510781 Bristol Cemex UK Materials Avonmouth Sand and Gravel ST 513781 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 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 Maen Karne Melbur China Clay waste SW 923557 Aggregates Goonvean Aggregates Cornwall Denis May & Sons Ltd
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MINERAL COMPANY QUARRY/PIT NAME MINERAL GRID REF PLANNING AUTHORITY (active) Brooklands Sand and Littlejohns Pit/Grt China Clay Waste SW 980570 Aggregates Longstones and Denis May & Sons Ltd Longstones complex Goonvean Aggregates Ltd Goonvean Aggregates Goonvean China Clay Waste SW 947553 Brooklands Sand and Greensplatt China Clay Waste SW 999553 Aggregates Delabole Slate Delabole Slate waste SX 074840 Mill Hill Quarries Ltd Trevillet Slate waste SX 081881 Mr Stephens Callywith Quarry Slate waste SX 080682 Lantoom Ltd Lantoom/Westwood Slate waste SX 224649 Quarry Secondary Imerys Minerals Gunheath China Clay & SX 002567 Aggregates Waste Cornwall Imerys Minerals Goonbarrow China Clay & SX 007581 (inactive) Waste Imerys Minerals Blackpool China Clay Waste SW 982545 Marine Wharves Aggregate Industries Ltd Fowey Crushed Rock and SX 127525 Cornwall Secondaries Dudman Group West of England Igneous SW 809213 Quarry Shire Oak Quarries Ltd Dean Quarry Gabbro SW 800208 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 “ Hillhead Sand and Gravel ST 065136 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 Hill Limestone SX 773714 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 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
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MINERAL COMPANY QUARRY/PIT NAME MINERAL GRID REF PLANNING AUTHORITY Devon inc Aggregate Industries Ltd Dunns Hill Limestone ST 068188 Dartmoor NP, “ Meldon Igneous SX 570925 Plymouth and “ Venn Sandstone SS 581305 Torbay (inactive) E & JW Glendinning Ltd Uplyme Sand and Gravel SY 313919 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 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 Cattedown Crushed Rock 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) 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 Mainly sand SY 855894 Ltd Hills Aggregates Woodsford Farm Sand and Gravel SY 765899 Holme Estate Doreys Pit 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 Building Stone and SY 692711 Limestone Crushed rock Suttle Stone Quarries Swanworth Primarily SY 970784 Limestone Crushed rock with small amounts of Building Stone Giles Sturdy (landowner) Trigon Hill Sand and Gravel SY 894892 extracted as part of Ball Clay operations
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MINERAL COMPANY QUARRY/PIT NAME MINERAL GRID REF PLANNING AUTHORITY Raymond Brown Minerals Binnegar Mainly Sand SY 885879 & Recycling Ltd
Hanson Aggregates (South) Hyde Pit & Hines Pit Mainly Sand SY 875885 Dorset Aggregate Industries Ltd Tatchells Mainly Sand SY 907888 (inactive) 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 Aggregate Industries Ltd Manor Farm Sand and Gravel SU 172978 (active) Allstone Sand and Gravel Bromsberrow North Sand SO 738330 Cotswold Hill Stone & Cotswold Hill* Limestone 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 Ltd Frampton Sand and Gravel SO 767068 Stone Supplies Ltd Veizeys Quarry Limestone ST 882944 Hills Minerals and Waste Cerney Wick / Oaktree Sand and Gravel SU 072957 Ltd Fields Moreton C Cullimore Ltd Land East of Sand and Gravel SU 025961 Spratsgate Lane Gloucestershire Hanson Aggregates UK Drybrook Limestone SO 640180 (inactive) “ Guiting “ SP 080305 Breedon Aggregates Hornleasow Limestone SP 133323 “ Three Gates “ SP 081294 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
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MINERAL COMPANY QUARRY/PIT NAME MINERAL GRID REF PLANNING AUTHORITY R Comer Grove Farm Quarry “ ST 654314 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 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) Hills Quarry Products Ltd 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 Roundhouse Farm Sand and Gravel 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 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 Rail Depots Aggregate Industries/ Royal Wootton Crushed Rock SU 068818 Wiltshire Johnson Aggregates Bassett Appendix 3
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Recycled Aggregates Sites 2016
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 PMG Services (Bristol) Ltd Albert Road ST 600721 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 Cormac Ltd Bangor’s Landfill SX 318834 R S & R Aggregates Ltd Blackhill Quarry SY 055832 Colas Carnsew Quarry SW 761346 De Lank British Granite De Lank Quarry SX 101755 Shire Oaks Quarries Ltd Dean Quarry SW 802205 Aggregate Industries Greystone Quarry SX 363805 CIB Lello Plant Hire Hayle Recycling Yard SW 554379 Cormac Ltd Helsbury Quarry Depot SX 088791 Nick Ferris Skip Hire Herniss Farm SW 735335 Maen Karne Melbur Works SW 916557 T H Douce and Sons Parc an Chy SW 720432 Brunel Recycling Ltd Roodscroft SW 983572 Active Demolition Royal Kenwyn Yard, Shortlanesend SW 809469 Cormac Ltd St Mary’s Depot SX 288636 Cormac Ltd Tiscott Recycling Depot SS 231089 Cormac Ltd Torrey Canyon Depot SW 695401 Cormac Ltd Tregongeeves Quarry SW 999516 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 DB Skips Dittisham SX 855537 Dorton Group Challonsleigh SX 596551 Jeremy Bishop Haulage Ltd Strashleigh Hams SX 600335 Notts Contractors Yelland SS 482323 Siddalls Skip Hire Coventry Farm SX 884667 Fosterville Ltd Fosterville SX 857761 B T Jenkins Ltd Trood Lane SX 929885 Sparling Group Hayedown SX 449795 Devon Waste Management Kenbury Wood SX 918870 J Luffman Jersey Farm ST 049140 J Craxford Yannon Lane SX 871681 Dartmoor National E&JW Glendinning Linhay Hill Quarry SX 768710 Park RP&S Heywood Haulage Pitts Cleave SX 500760
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MINERAL PLANNING COMPANY SITE NAME GRID REF AUTHORITY 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 Moreton Pit, Redbridge Road SW 378886 Peter Andrews Spratley Wood SW 853898 J Suttle Transport Mannings Heath Depot SZ 038948 Commercial Recycling Ltd Whites Pit SZ 031968 New Milton Sand & Ballast Masters Quarry SY 871887 New Milton Sand & Ballast Elliot Road Industrial Estate SZ 053952 M B Wilkes Ltd Henbury Plantation SY 963973 Eco Composting Parley SZ 102989 Hurn Court Farm New Milton Sand and Ballast SZ 120970 DCC Recycling Various locations – highway depots around Dorset Various Gloucestershire Huntsmans Quarries Naunton SP 123257 HT Waste Recycling Honeybourne Road SP 121421 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 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 * RF Aggregates appears to have ceased actively operating this site. The planning status of the site is being investigated.
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