SWRAWP South West Regional Aggregates Working Party Annual Report: 2009 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 and Wiltshire SOUTH WEST REGIONAL AGGREGATES WORKING PARTY Annual Report: 2009 Chairman: Paula Hewitt BSc (Hons) MCD MRTPI Head of Environmental Management and Regeneration, Environment Department Somerset County Council County Hall Taunton Somerset TA1 4DY Tel: (01823) 356020 e mail:
[email protected] Secretary: Philip M Hale BSc (Hons) FIQ Abbey Farm Eastermead Lane Banwell North Somerset BS29 6PD Tel: (01934) 820451 Fax: (01934) 820451 e mail:
[email protected] Enquiries concerning the purchase of this or other SWRAWP publications listed in this report should be addressed to the Secretary of the Working Party. 2 SOUTH WEST REGIONAL AGGREGATES WORKING PARTY Annual Report: 2009 Contents Page No EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 Introduction 6 2 National and Regional Minerals Planning 8 3 Production, Marketing and Landbanks for Crushed Rock and Sand and Gravel 10 4 Secondary and Recycled Aggregates 26 5 Significant Trends and Events (by Mineral Planning Authority) 27 Cornwall (incl. Isles of Scilly) 27 Gloucestershire 27 Somerset (incl. Exmoor National Park) 27 6 Progress on Mineral Development Plans 28 Tables (NB Figures may not balance exactly due to rounding) Table 1 National and Regional Guidelines for Aggregates Provision in England (2005