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AGGREGATES MONITORING REPORT 2004 THE VOICE OF THE REGION Aggregates Monitoring Report 2004.
Published July 2006 by the South East England Regional Assembly.
South East England Regional Assembly Berkeley House, Cross Lanes, Guildford, GU1 1UN T: 01483 555200 F: 01483 555250 E: [email protected]
Produced by the South East England Regional Aggregates Working Party (SEERAWP).
For further details about the contents of this document please contact:
SEERAWP Secretary 22 Sittingbourne Road Maidstone Kent ME14 5LW E: [email protected]
Front cover photography: The Quarry Products Association and Chris Clopet - www.thedigitallighthouse.com
2 Aggregates Monitoring Report 2004 CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1 The South East 5 2 Scope of this Report 5 3 Aggregate Guidelines and Regional Minerals Strategy 5 4 Quarries 6 Land-won Sand and Gravel 6 Local Crushed Rock 7 5 Wharves 7 Landings of Marine-dredged Sand and Gravel 7 Landings of Sea-borne Crushed Rock 7 6 Rail Depots 8 Crushed Rock and Sand and Gravel 8 7 Secondary and Recycled Materials 8 Construction and Demolition Waste 8 Secondary Materials 8 8 Environment 8 9 Local Development Schemes and Minerals Development Plan Documents 9
TABLES 10 1 Sand and Gravel – Sales, Permissions and Reserves 2004 10 2 Sand and Gravel Sales 2003 and 2004 11 3 Sand and Gravel Sales 1994 - 2004 11 4 Sand and Gravel – Comparison between Sales and Permissions 1995 - 2004 12 5 Sand and Gravel Landbanks at end 2004 12 6 Crushed Rock – Sales, Permissions and Reserves 2003 and 2004 13 7 Crushed Rock – Sales, Permissions and Reserves 1995 - 2004 13 8 Landings of Marine-dredged Sand and Gravel 1995-2004 14 9 Marine Imports of Sea-borne Crushed Rock 1995 - 2004 14
FIGURES 15 1 Administrative Areas in the South East 15 2 Sales of Land-won Sand and Gravel 1994 - 2004 15 3 Sales of Sand and Gravel 2002, 2003 and 2004 16 4 Sand and Gravel Reserves at end of 2004 16 5 Sales of Local Crushed Rock 1995 - 2004 17 6 Landings of Marine-dredged Sand and Gravel 1995 - 2004 17
APPENDICES 18 A. Aggregate Applications, Permissions and Refusals in 2004 18 B. Key Milestones for Minerals Development Plan Documents 20 C. Summary of Publications on Aggregates by SEERAWP available from the Regional Assembly 22 D. Active and Inactive Aggregate Sites, Rail Depots,Wharves and Other Sites Producing Recycled Aggregate 23
Aggregates Monitoring Report 2004 3 AGGREGATES MONITORING REPORT 2004 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Aggregates Monitoring Report (AM2004) Landings of Marine-dredged Sand and regional report for the South East has been Gravel prepared from returns made to mineral The Crown Estate figure of 5.7mt shows a planning authorities (MPAs) by operators of 900,000 tonne fall in the volume of landings quarries, wharves and rail depots. It follows the compared with the figure for 2003. same pattern as previous years, enabling trend However, the AM2004 survey recorded comparisons. Next year,AM2005 will be a 6.6mt, ie landings at the same level as for national survey, as for AM2001, and will enable 2003 comparisons of additional information at The contribution of marine-dredged regional level, including on the destination of aggregate is maintained at over one third of materials, transport mode used, and production the South East primary aggregate supply. from and reserves within environmental designations. Landings of Sea-borne Crushed Rock Landings of crushed rock at 3.2mt are some Land-won Sand and Gravel 600,000 tonnes less than last year Sand and gravel sales have fallen to 10.4 million tonnes (mt), the lowest figure since Over 75% of crushed rock continues to be annual reports began, continuing a trend landed at wharves in Kent and Medway over the last 10 years Rail Aggregate Depots