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Suffolk Local Aggregates Assessment
(2014 & 2015 data)
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Contact
Graham Gunby Senior Policy Officer: Minerals & Waste Policy
Planning & Development Section Resource Management Suffolk County Council
8 Russell Road Ipswich
Suffolk IP1 2BX
Tel: 01473 264807 E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.suffolk.gov.uk
For more information about our minerals and waste planning service go to: http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/environment-and-transport/planning-and-buildings/
Cover photograph acknowledgements:
1. Gt Blakenham Energy from Waste Facility, courtesy of SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd, and;
2. Cavenham Quarry, with permission from Allen Newport Ltd.
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Contents
1. Executive summary
2. Introduction
3. The minerals industry in Suffolk
4. Sales of sand and gravel 1995 – 2015
5. Comparison of sales with apportionments
6. Location of current sand & gravel workings in Suffolk
7. Suffolk’s landbank of permitted mineral reserves
8. Imports and exports from 2014 Collation
9. Crushed rock imports
10. Assessment of other potential sources of supply
Marine dredged and marine borne aggregates
Recycled and secondary aggregates
Asphalt and concrete batching plants
11. Looking to the future
12. Conclusions
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List of Figures
Figure 1 Simplified geological map of Suffolk
Figure 2 National environmental designations in Suffolk
Figure 3 Annual sales of sand & gravel in Suffolk 1995 – 2015
Figure 4 Sales and apportionment 1995 – 2015
Figure 5 Map of current sand & gravel workings in Suffolk as at 31 December 2015
Figure 6 Map of existing rail heads capable of handling aggregates
Figure 7 Map of wharves handling marine dredged and/or marine borne aggregates
Figure 8 Map of recycled aggregates handling facilities
Figure 9 Map of asphalt and concrete batching plants in Suffolk
Figure 10 Sales, apportionment and 10-year average sales for Suffolk 1995-2015
Figure 11 Trends & correlations of annual sales of sand and gravel (mts) and annual house
completions
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List of Tables
Table 1 Sales of sand & gravel in Suffolk by end use 2014
Table 2 Location of primary aggregate sites in Suffolk as at 31 December 2015
Table 3 Sand & gravel land bank in Suffolk based on various output scenarios as at 31 December
2014
Table 4 Sand & gravel land bank in Suffolk based on various output scenarios as at 31 December
2015
Table 5 Origin and percentage of overall consumption of sand and gravel provided by imports to
Suffolk in 2014
Table 6 Quantity and destination of sand & gravel exports from Suffolk 2014
Table 7 List of rail facilities capable of handling aggregates
Table 8 Quantity and origin of crushed rock imports to Suffolk 2014
Table 9 List of wharves capable of handling marine dredged and marine borne aggregates
Table 10 List of recycled aggregates sites in Suffolk as at 31 December 2015
Table 11 Asphalt batching plant facilities in Suffolk
Table 12 List of concrete batching plants in Suffolk
Table 13 Sites allocated in current Minerals Site Allocations Development Plan
Document adopted September 2009 and for which planning permission has not been
granted as at 31 December 2014
Table 14 Sites allocated in current Minerals Site Allocation Development Plan Document adopted
September 2009 and for which planning permission has not been granted as at 31
December 2015
Table 15 Comparison of planned provision against current apportionment and 10 year average sales
as of 31 December 2014
Table16 Comparison of planned provision against current apportionment and 10 year average sales
as of 31 December 2015
Table 17 Provision of sand and gravel to 2036 based on the 10 year average sales (as of 31
December 2014)
Table 18 Provision of sand and gravel to 2036 based on the 10 year average sales (as of 31
December 2015)
Table 19 Housing trajectories
Table 20 Housing completions
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1. Executive summary 1.1 Unusually this Local Aggregates Assessment (LAA) covers two years (2014 and 2015)
due to Government funding problems delaying the consideration of LAAs by the East
of England Aggregates Working Party (EEAWP).
1.2 Section 4 discusses the sales of sand and gravel by end use. In 2014 there was a
total of 1 million tonnes of land won and marine dredged sand & gravel sold. Marine
dredged sand and gravel made up only 84,000 tonnes of this total. Land won sand
and gravel sales made up the remaining 916,000 tonnes.
1.3 Of the land won sand, 386,000 tonnes was sold for concrete and 141,000 tonnes for
mortar. Of the land won gravel, 204,000 tonnes was sold for concrete and 185,000
tonnes for miscellaneous uses. No land won sand and gravel was used in asphalt
production.
1.4 Section 5 compares sales with apportionments and indicates that in twenty years,
sales have never exceeded the apportionment and have generally been significantly
lower.
1.5 Section 6 shows the location of current sand and gravel workings in Suffolk. There
are18 in total of which 14 are active and 4 are inactive.
1.6 Section 7 indicates that Suffolk’s landbank of permitted mineral reserves on the 31
December 2015, stood at 13.2 million tonnes, which is equal to 8.1 years based on the
sub-regional apportionment of 1.62 million tonnes per annum. When based upon the
average of the last ten years sales of 1.2 million tonnes per annum, the landbank is 11
years.
1.7 Section 8 discusses the imports and exports of sand and gravel from 2014 national
collation. Norfolk & Essex each contributed between 10 and 20 % of total
consumption in Suffolk, followed by Cambridgeshire & Lincolnshire who each
contributed between 1 and 10% of total consumption in Suffolk.
1.8 Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire each imported between 1 and 10% of sand
and gravel consumed from Suffolk.
1.9 Suffolk has no reserves of hard rock and Section 9 discusses the importation of
crushed rock taken from the 2014 national collation. At present within Suffolk there
are 4 safeguarded railheads which provide facilities for the importation of primarily
crushed rock. Leicestershire provided between 90 – 100 % of crushed rock consumed
in Suffolk. Conwy, Powys and Cambridgeshire each provided between 1- 10% of
crushed rocked consumed in Suffolk.
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1.10 Other sources of supply are discussed in Section 10. Suffolk has 3 safeguarded
wharves for the landing of marine dredged aggregates or marine borne aggregates.
The Crown Estates licenced 9.2 million tonnes of marine dredged sand and gravel in
2015 although only 4.4 million tonnes of marine dredged sand and gravel was
removed. Of the 4.4 million tonnes dredged only 199,421 tonnes of marine dredged
sand and gravel was landed in Suffolk
1.11 Other sources of supply include recycled materials and there are 28 aggregates
recycling plants in Suffolk including the Gt Blakenham Energy from Waste facility
which converts bottom ash into aggregates.
1.12 Value added plants provide an outlet for the sale of aggregates and there are 19
concrete batching plants and 8 asphalt plants in Suffolk.
1.13 In Section 11 which considers future provision it is noted that there are 8 sand and
gravel sites in the existing minerals plan yet to be permitted. It is also noted that
housing completions were 28.5% lower than Local Plan projections. It is assumed that
marine dredged aggregates, recycled aggregates and crushed rock supplies will also
continue. It is also considered that there is enough provision to maintain the landbank
until the replacement Suffolk Minerals & Waste Plan is adopted in 2018.
1.14 The current appointment figure is based upon the revised national guidelines that
cover the period to 2020. At the time of writing, the National Co-ordinating Group is
not scheduled to meet in the foreseeable future. As Mineral Planning Authorities in the
East of England are preparing or have prepared Plans with end dates significantly
after 2020, the weight which can be given to the guidelines is likely to reduce
considerably in future. Therefore, in the likely absence of updated guidelines
emerging, the default position is for the provision for sand and gravel in plans to be
based upon the methodology contained in national policy and guidance. (National
Planning Policy Framework paragraph 145 and Planning Practice Guidance
paragraphs 61-71).
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2. Introduction
2.1. This Local Aggregates Assessment has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) which indicates that:
“Mineral Planning Authorities (MPA) should plan for a steady and adequate supply of aggregates by: Preparing an annual Local Aggregates Assessment (LAA)…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).”
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/6077/2116950.pdf
2.2. In accordance with the NPPF, the County Council has also consulted with, and sought advice from, the East of England Aggregates Working Party.
2.3. Further advice on the preparation of LAAs can be found on the Planning Practice
Guidance website.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/minerals#Local-Aggregate-Assessments 2.4. The LAA should be read in conjunction with the adopted minerals planning policy which
is contained in the following documents:
Minerals Core Strategy Development Plan Document adopted September 2008
Minerals Sites Allocation Development Plan Document adopted September 2009:
2.5. The LAA will inform the need for, timing and content of the replacement of the County Council’s Minerals Development Plan Documents (DPDs). This is discussed in more detail in Section 11 of this document.
https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/planning-waste-and-environment/planning-applications/minerals-and-waste-policy/
2.6. As a coastal county, and one with a history of marine dredged and marine borne
aggregate landings at some of its ports, the County Council has also had regard to the UK Marine Policy Statement, the East Inshore and East Offshore Marine Plans, the nascent South East Marine Plan and advice from the Marine Management Organisation (MMO).
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/69322/pb3654-marine-policy-statement-110316.pdf
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/312496/east-plan.pdf
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/south-east-marine-plan
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3. The minerals industry in Suffolk
3.1. Sand & gravel are the main minerals worked in Suffolk. Small amounts of chalk for agricultural and industrial purposes are also extracted.
3.2. Suffolk imports hard rock primarily by rail from outside the region (mainly from the East Midlands) with rail facilities at Gazeley, Barham, Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds.
3.3. Marine dredged and marine borne aggregates are mainly imported via Ipswich docks.
Wharf space is also available at Lowestoft although no material is currently being imported through this port.
3.4. Figure 1, below shows a simplified geological map of Suffolk showing the main
aggregates resource areas. Traditionally sand and gravel has been extracted from the Gipping, Lark, Blyth and Waveney river valleys and to the east of Ipswich. As these river valleys (terrace deposits) have been worked through, more recently, workings have opened up in areas exploiting more extensive glacial sands and gravels.
3.5. Large parts of Suffolk are covered by international, national, regional and local
environmental designations. In particular, large parts of the coast are within the Suffolk Coast & Heaths or Dedham Vale Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and large parts of the east and west of the County are designated as Special Protection Areas or Special Areas of Conservation.
3.6. Proposals for mineral working in these areas will need to have regard to the National
Planning Policy Framework and the Development Plan. Figure 2 shows the main statutory environmental designations within Suffolk.
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FIGURE 1: Simplified geological map of Suffolk
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FIGURE 2: National environmental designations in Suffolk
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4. Sales of sand and gravel 1995 – 2015
4.1. Sales figures for the period 1995 – 2015 are set out in graphical form in Figure 3 below. It is noted that sales still have not recovered to pre-recession levels that existed prior to 2008. Table 1 breaks down the sales into end use for 2014.
FIGURE 3: Annual sales of sand & gravel in Suffolk 1995 – 2015
Sources: Suffolk Annual Monitoring.
TABLE 1: Sales of sand & gravel in Suffolk by end use 2014 (Thousand Tonnes)
Sand Gravel Other
sand & gravel for fill
Total Marine dredged
Total Land won Building sand Concreting
sand
For asphalt
For use in mortar
For asphalt
Concrete aggregates
Other screened & graded gravels
- 141 386 - 204 185 - 1000 84 916
Sources: 1) Business Monitor PA1007 “Mineral extraction in Great Britain 2014” published by DCLG March 2016. Note: Figures include marine dredged material, and;
2) Marine Aggregates, The Crown Estates Licences, Summary of Statistics 2014.
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5. Comparison of sales with apportionments
5.1. As part of the Managed Aggregate Supply System and its engagement through the aggregate working parities, each MPA has been required to plan for an apportionment of mineral extraction. The apportionment figure, which has been agreed through the Aggregates Working Party, has changed over time in line with national guidelines for aggregates provision.
5.2. Although Suffolk County Council has always planned to meet its apportionment, actual
sales have never exceeded the apportionment. Set out graphically below in Figure 4 are the actual sales figures for Suffolk since 1995 and the respective agreed apportionment.
5.3. The Adopted Site Allocations Development Plan Document makes provision for this
level of supply by allocating sufficient sites which, when added to permitted reserves, ensures adequate supply of aggregates over the plan period.
5.4. Since adoption of the Core Strategy, the national guidelines have been slightly revised
and the required apportionment for Suffolk has been reduced slightly to 1.62 mts per annum.
FIGURE 4: Sales (blue) and apportionment (red) 1995 – 2015
Source: Suffolk County Council Annual Monitoring Report, 1 April 2014 – 31 March 2015.
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6. Location of current sand and gravel workings in Suffolk
6.1. There are currently 18 sand & gravel workings in Suffolk. Of these 14 are active: 4 are
inactive i.e. they are not currently being worked but could recommence operations without the need for any further development consent. There are no dormant aggregate sites in Suffolk i.e. sites which would need further development consents to recommence operations. The locations of current sand & gravel workings in Suffolk are shown in Figure 5 and in tabular form in Table 2.
TABLE 2: Location of primary aggregates sites in Suffolk as at 31 December 2015
Site
Number Site Name Location Current Operator
1 Cavenham Quarry Cavenham Allen Newport Ltd
2 Shrubland Quarry Coddenham Brett Aggregates Ltd
3 Sandy Lane Quarry Barham Brett Aggregates Ltd
4 Rands Hall Pit Layham Brett Aggregates Ltd
5 Tattingstone Pit Bentley Shotley Holdings Ltd
6 Waldringfield Quarry Waldringfield Brett Aggregates Ltd
7 Wenhaston Pit Wenhaston Bardo (Midlands) Ltd
8 Wangford Quarry Wangford Cemex UK Ltd
9 Henham Quarry Henham The Lyndon Pallet Group
10 Flixton Quarry Flixton Cemex UK Ltd
11 Worlington Quarry Worlington Frimstone Ltd
12 Pannington Hall Quarry
Wherstead Brett Aggregates Ltd
13 Gallows Hill Quarry Barking Lafarge Tarmac
14 Blood Hill Quarry Bramford J. T. Few Ltd
15 Redhouse Farm Quarry
Bucklesham Lafarge Tarmac
16 Peyton Hall Quarry Hadleigh Buffalo Crow Ltd
17 Lawn Farm Quarry Wetherden Aggmax Ltd
18 North Farm Barnham -
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FIGURE 5: Map of current sand & gravel workings in Suffolk as at 31 December 2015
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7. Suffolk’s landbank of permitted mineral reserves
7.1. The NPPF states that MPA’s should use “land banks of aggregate mineral reserves principally as an indicator of the security of supply of aggregate minerals supply, and to indicate the additional provision that needs to be made for new aggregate extraction and alternative supplies in minerals plans” (paragraph 145).
7.2. It recommends, “…making provision for the maintenance of land banks of at least 7
years for sand & 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……”
7.3. Suffolk contains no hard rock mineral resources and therefore only seeks to maintain a
landbank for sand & gravel.
7.4. Suffolk’s land bank of permitted mineral reserves as at 31 December 2014 7.5. At 31 December 2014, there were 13.2 million tonnes (mts) of permitted reserves in
Suffolk. This is equivalent to 8.1 years annual production based on the most recent apportionment of 1.62 mts per annum.
7.6. For comparison purposes, Table 3 below shows the current land bank based on.
a) The apportionment contained in the current Minerals Core Strategy (1.73 mts) b) The revised apportionment based on the latest national guidelines for aggregate
provision (1.62 mts) c) Actual average annual sales over the past 10 years (1.39 mts). d) Actual average sales over the past 3 year (1.046 mts)
Table 3: Sand & gravel land bank in Suffolk based on various output scenario as at 31 December 2014
Method of assessing current landbank Output (MTs)
Permitted reserves as at
31/12/2014
Landbank (years)
Apportionment as set out in existing Minerals Core Strategy
1.73 13.2 7.6
Revised apportionment based on latest national guidelines for aggregates provision
1.62 13.2 8.1
Average annual sales over past 10 years 1.39 13.2 9.5
Average annual sales over past 3 years 1.046 13.2 12.6
Source: Suffolk County Council Annual Monitoring
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7.7. Suffolk’s land bank of permitted mineral reserves as at 31 December 2015
7.8. At 31 December 2015, there were 13.2 million tonnes (mts) of permitted reserves in Suffolk. This is equivalent to 8.1 years annual production based on the most recent apportionment of
1.62 mts per annum. (The figures are the same as 2014 as sales have been replaced by a new permission of equivalent tonnage).
7.9. For comparison purposes, Table 4 below shows the current land bank based on.
a) The apportionment contained in the current Minerals Core Strategy (1.73 mts) b) The revised apportionment based on the latest national guidelines for aggregate
provision (1.62 mts) c) Actual average annual sales over the past 10 years (1.2 mts). d) Actual average sales over the past 3 year (0.98 mts)
Table 4: Sand & gravel land bank in Suffolk based on various output scenarios as at 31 December 2015
Method of assessing current landbank Output (MTs)
Permitted reserves as at
31/12/2015
Landbank (years)
Apportionment as set out in existing Minerals Core Strategy
1.73 13.2 7.6
Revised apportionment based on latest national guidelines for aggregates provision
1.62 13.2 8.1
Average annual sales over past 10 years 1.2 13.2 11.0
Average annual sales over past 3 years 0.98 13.2 13.5
Source: Suffolk County Council Annual Monitoring
7.10. When measured against any of the output scenario above Suffolk currently has sufficient permitted reserves of sand & gravel to maintain a seven years land bank.
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8. Imports & exports from 2014 collation
8.1. Suffolk is a relatively large county and is relatively remote from large centres of population and hence from areas of large demand for aggregates. Sand & gravel is a high bulk, low value commodity and, generally, it is not transported far by road because transport costs become disproportionately large.
8.2. However, Suffolk does import and export sand and gravel. The most recent data on this
has been taken from the 2014 British Geological Survey Collation of the 4-yearly Aggregates Monitoring Survey. This indicates that Suffolk exported sand & gravel to other parts of the East of England Region and also imported sand & gravel from the region (and in very small quantities from outside the region). For commentary on hard rock and marine dredged imports see later sections.
8.3. This is not surprising. Firstly, many of Suffolk’s aggregate resources are relatively close
to county boundaries e.g. the Waveney valley, the Gipping valley and the western end of the Lark valley. Similarly, some of Suffolk’s larger settlements are located at the periphery of the County where they will attract aggregate imports from other adjacent counties, e.g. Lowestoft, Newmarket, Brandon, Haverhill, Mildenhall, Sudbury and even Ipswich, which is relatively close to mineral working sites in north Essex.
8.4. In 2014, 50-60% of the sand & gravel consumed in Suffolk (915,000 tonnes) was
produced in Suffolk (including marine dredged). Table 5 below shows the origin of the imported material as a percentage of the total consumption figure for sand and gravel.
Table 5: Origin and percentage of overall consumption of sand and gravel provided by imports to Suffolk in 2014
Administrative area of origin of sand & gravel
imports to Suffolk
Proportion of sand and gravel consumed in Suffolk provided by imports
Volume of sand & gravel imported to Suffolk (Tonnes)
Essex 10-20% 91,500-183,000
Norfolk 10-20% 91,500-183,000
Cambridgeshire 1-10% 9,150-91,500
Lincolnshire 1-10% 9,150-91,500
Peterborough <1% <9,150
Central Bedfordshire <1% <9,150
Milton Keynes <1% <9,150
Greater London East <1% <9,150
Leicestershire <1% <9,150
Source: British Geological Survey and “Collation of the results of the 2014 aggregate minerals survey
for England & Wales” .
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8.5. Data for exports from Suffolk is not available in the detailed form for imports but gross data is available from the 2014 Collation and is set out in Table 6 below. In 2014, all of Suffolk’s exports where to other MPA’s within the East of England region.
Table 6: Quantity and destination of sand & gravel exports from Suffolk in 2014
Destination of sand & gravel exports from
Suffolk
Proportion of sand and gravel consumed provided by imports from Suffolk
Volume of sand & gravel imported from Suffolk
(Tonnes)
Norfolk 1-10% 13,410 - 134,100
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough
1-10% 20,630 - 206,300
Hertfordshire 1-10% 11,460 – 114,600
Essex, Southend & Thurrock
<1% <43,290
Source: British Geological Survey and “Collation of the results of the 2014 aggregate minerals survey for England & Wales”.
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9. Crushed rock imports
9.1 Suffolk has no indigenous hard rock suitable for aggregate use. It therefore relies on importation of such materials. Most of this material is imported by rail. There are four rail heads within the County that can import crushed rock, located at Barham, west of Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds,Gazeley, situated to the east of Newmarket and West Bank Terminal, Ipswich, these are listed in Table 7 below.
Table 7: List of rail facilities capable of handling aggregates
Site Number
Location Site Operating Company
1 Gazeley Gazeley Tarmac
2 Barham Broomfield Pit Tarmac
3 Bury St Edmunds Tayfen Road Tarmac
4 West Bank Terminal Ipswich Brett Aggregates Ltd
Figure 6 shows the location of existing railheads capable of handling aggregates.
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FIGURE 6: Map of existing rail heads capable of handling aggregates
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9.2 Information about volumes of material imported through these railheads is commercially
confidential. However, the 2014 Annual Collation indicates that Suffolk imported 395,000 tonnes of crushed rock during that year.
9.3 Table 8 below shows the origin of this material by percentage.
Table 8: Quantity and origin of crushed rock imports to Suffolk in 2014
Administrative area of origin of crushed rock imported to
Suffolk
Proportion of total imports of crushed
rock to Suffolk
Volume of crushed rock imported to Suffolk
(Tonnes)
Leicestershire 90-100% 355,500 – 395,000
Conwy 1-10% 3,950 – 39,500
Powys 1-10% 3,950 – 39,500
Cambridgeshire 1-10% 3,950 – 39,500
Norfolk <1% <3,950
Derbyshire <1% <3,950
Peak District National Park <1% <3,950
Shropshire <1% <3,950
Northumberland National Park <1% <3,950
North Yorkshire <1% <3,950
North Somerset <1% <3,950
Somerset <1% <3,950
Source: British Geological Survey and “Collation of the results of the 2014 aggregate minerals survey for England & Wales”.
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10. Assessment of other potential sources of supply
10.1. Marine dredged and marine borne aggregates
10.2. Extensive resources of sand & gravel are to be found in the North Sea and Thames Estuary. These resources are mainly owned by the Crown Estate and extraction is licensed by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO).
10.3. The East Inshore and East Offshore Marine Plans, which cover the area from the town
of Felixstowe in the South to Flamborough Head in the North, from mean high water to the edge of UK territorial waters, came into force in April 2014. These Plans, which were produced by the Marine Management Organisation, are relevant to all bodies which make licencing or authorisation decisions affecting the marine area.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/312496/east-
plan.pdf 10.4. For an indication of the extent and quality of the mineral resources in the East Coast
area see “The Mineral Resources of the east Inshore and East Offshore Marine Plan Areas, Southern North Sea” published by the BGS, 2011.
Source: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/507770/ 10.5. The East Coast region has 13 production licences, operated by CEMEX UK Marine Ltd,
Hanson Aggregates Marine Ltd, Lafarge Tarmac Marine Ltd (Tarmac Marine Ltd as of August 2015) and Volker Dredging Ltd for both sand and gravel, principally for use in the construction industry.
10.6. More recently published material from the Crown Estate Commissioners indicates that
in the calendar year 2015 the East Coast Dredging Area was licensed to permit removal of 9.2 million tonnes (8.47 million tonnes in 2014) of marine aggregates. Total removal for 2015 for the East Coast was 4.4 million tonnes (4.72 million tonnes in 2014). However only 119,421 tonnes of this was landed on the east coast, all of which was recorded by the Crown Estates as being landed at Ipswich.
Source: Marine Aggregates, The Crown Estate Licences, Summary of Statistics 2015. http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/media/502184/ei-marine-aggregate-statistics-2015.pdf 10.7. Most of the material removed from the East Coast Dredging Area is either exported to
the near continent or taken to the Thames Estuary to serve Greater London. 10.8. There are safeguarded wharves in Ipswich and Lowestoft, which have the capacity to
handle marine dredged (and marine borne) aggregate. Currently marine dredged aggregate and marine borne material can be handled at Ipswich at the West Bank terminal on Ipswich Docks with provision for marine borne material to be landed on the East Bank alongside a recently constructed asphalt plant. These are listed in Table 9 below.
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Table 9: List of wharves capable of handling marine dredged and marine borne aggregate
Site Number
Location Site Operator or owner
1 Ipswich West Bank Terminal Brett Aggregates and Port Authority
2 Ipswich East Bank Terminal Tarmac and Port Authority
3 Lowestoft North Quay and Hamilton Dock
Port Authority
10.9. A map showing the location of wharves in Suffolk is shown in Figure 7 below. The
Minerals Core Strategy contains a policy which seeks to safeguard wharves which are capable of receiving marine dredged or marine borne aggregates (Policy 5).
10.10. Despite the large marine aggregate resources present off the coast of Suffolk and the
fact that Suffolk has facilities to land such material it is not County Council policy to seek to increase reliance on marine dredged aggregates in order to reduce the amount of land won aggregate it should make provision for.
10.11. The decision whether or not to import marine dredged aggregate into Suffolk is
primarily one for the market to determine. By definition, marine won aggregates can be transported greater distances and in greater quantities than road borne material and the destination of this material can be more readily changed to respond to market opportunities. Given the relatively small amount of marine dredged aggregate currently landed in Suffolk and the even smaller amount of such material that is consumed in the County it is not considered appropriate to seek to rely more heavily on marine dredge or borne aggregate in the future.
10.12 There is a number of nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIP) planned for
Suffolk including the possibility of construction of twin nuclear reactors at Sizewell. The County Council will seek to maximise the potential for the use of marine dredged and sea borne aggregate for the construction of this development.
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FIGURE 7: Map of wharves handling marine dredged and/or marine borne aggregates
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10.13. Recycled and secondary aggregates
10.14. The NPPF indicates that in preparing Local Plans, local planning authorities should
“so far as practicable, take account of the contribution that substitute or secondary
and recycled materials and minerals waste would make to the supply of materials, before considering extraction of primary materials, whilst aiming to source minerals supplies indigenously;”
10.15. The Energy from Waste plant at Great Blakenham to handles all of Suffolk’s
residual municipal waste and an element of residual Commercial & Industrial waste. A by-product of this process is bottom ash, which is destined for use as aggregate. The capacity of the EfW plant is 269,000 tonnes, which is estimated to produce around 60,000 tonnes of bottom ash per annum.
10.16. There are a number of permitted aggregates recycling facilities in Suffolk. These
are mainly located on existing mineral sites. A number of waste recycling or waste transfer stations also generate quantities of recycled aggregates.
10.17. Table 10 below identifies permitted aggregate recycling facilities in Suffolk. The
location of these sites is shown on Figure 8. 10.18. In addition to these sites, there are a number of mobile operators who provide
crushing and screening equipment on development sites. It has not proved possible to obtain reliable statistics about the volume of recycled aggregates that are obtained from these mobile plants, especially as much of the material generated is re used in situ.
10.19. The scale of such activity will reflect the level of general construction activity
(although from time to time there will be major demolition projects coming forward which will significantly enhance the volume of recycled material produced. This was the case a few years ago when major development took place on the Ipswich waterfront).
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FIGURE 8: Map of recycled aggregate handling facilities
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TABLE 10: List of recycled aggregates sites in Suffolk as at 31 December 2015
Site Number
Site name Location Current Operator
1 Broomfield Pit Barham Tarmac
2 Blood Hill Quarry Bramford J.T Few Ltd
3 Marston’s Pit Cavenham Middleton Aggregates
4 Chilton Grove Works Chilton Wiles Construction Ltd
5 Chilton Airfield Chilton T K Weavers Ltd
6 Shrubland Quarry Coddenham Brett Aggregates Ltd
7 Balloon Barn Farm Culford Culford Waste
8 Ticehurst Farm Drinkstone Ticehurst Gravels Ltd
9 Benacre Road Transfer Station
Ellough Regional Waste Recycling
10 Ellough Industrial Estate Ellough S J Lake
11 Airfield Industrial Estate Eye Anglian Skips Ltd
12 Park Farm Quarry Flixton Cemex UK Ltd
13 Hollow Road Farm Fornham St Martin Shotley Holdings
14 Hollow Road Farm Fornham St Martin Steve Lumley Planings Ltd
15 Gisleham Pipe & Brick Works
Gisleham E E Green & Son Ltd
16 Maltings Farm Great Blakenham J T Few Ltd
17 Wildmere Lane Holywell Row, Mildenhall
A & S Topsoils Ltd
18 The Folly Quarry Ingham T.J & W. M. Cardy
19 Causeway Tip Lakenheath Sutton Services
20 Harpers Hill Farm Nayland T D & A M Bugg
21 Valley Farm Pit Sproughton SBS Spares
22 Folly Farm Tattingstone Shotley Holdings Ltd
23 Sheepdrift Farm Quarry Waldringfield Brett Aggregates Ltd
24 Summer Road Depot Walsham Le Willows R & D Construction
25 Bay Farm Quarry Worlington Frimstone Ltd
26 Gazeley Depot Gazeley (Higham) Tarmac
27 Gt Blakenham Gt Blakenham Brett Aggregates Ltd
28 Sinks Pit Little Bealings Tippers `R` Us
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10.20. The Competition Commission has recently (January 2014) published its Investigation
into the Aggregates, Cement & Ready Mix Concrete market. The Competition Commission reported in its summary of hearing with the Minerals Product Association (MPA) that the MPA considered “New sources of supply included the development of the recycled and secondary market which currently accounted for 30 per cent of the market. However, apart from gradual efforts to upgrade the quality of recycled products there were unlikely to be material changes in the supply chain as it was considered that most potential recycled and secondary materials were already in the market”.
10.21. In the Competition Commissions summary of hearing with the British Aggregates
Association (BAA) it was stated that “The BAA considered that the substitutability of aggregates was very limited because of the small number of projects where substitutability was feasible. Recycled aggregates would never be likely to make up more than around 30 per cent of the market”.
10.22. Similar figures were suggested by the major aggregates producers. Tarmac in its
statement to the Competition Commission provided data which suggested that recycled & secondary aggregates constituted a higher proportion of use in general construction (47% 2008-2010 average) compared with Ready Mixed Concrete, concrete products or asphalt where recycled & secondary aggregates provided 6%, 13% and 17% respectively.
10.23. Notwithstanding the important role that recycled and secondary aggregates can play
in reducing demand for the use of virgin land won aggregate, the County Council does not consider that it would be appropriate to plan for a significant increase in the volume of secondary aggregate. This would depend on the scale of new development, the degree to which this involves demolition and the scope for recycling such materials. The County Council will encourage the recycling of aggregates and where possible insitu reuse. The County Council will also provide a positive planning framework for recycling facilities to come on stream, where appropriate
10.24. Suffolk County Council does not therefore consider that there is a case for reducing
the level of land won aggregates for which it needs to make provision by planning for an increase in the contribution recycling activity may make to overall aggregate provision in Suffolk.
10.25. Asphalt and concrete batching plants 10.26. The County has a number of both asphalt and concrete batching plants. These facilities
are a user and, in terms of the end product is a supplier of aggregate. A number of these plants are co-located within quarries or at rail heads/wharves. The facilities are distributed around the county serving both the main conurbations and in many places where located on the county boundary to neighbouring County markets. Figure 9 and Tables 11 and 12 identify the location of the asphalt and concrete batching plants as of 31st December 2015.
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FIGURE 9: Map of asphalt and concrete batching plants in Suffolk
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Table 11: Asphalt batching plant facilities in Suffolk
Site Number
Site Operating Company Location
1 Flixton Park Tarmac Bungay
2 Higham Rail Depot Tarmac Higham,
Newmarket
3 Sinks Pit (Site inactive) Cemex UK Materials (asphalt
& macadam) Ltd Main Road,
Kesgrave, Ipswich
4 Ipswich East Bank Tarmac Power Station
Quay, Cliff Quay, Ipswich
5 Foxhall landfill site Ringway Roadstone Ltd t/a
Eurovia Foxhall Road,
Ipswich
6 Cavenham Quarry Hope Aggregates Old Tuddenham
Airfield, Cavenham
7 Ellough Industrial
Estate (Site mothballed) Enstone Johnstone Sandpits Lane
8 Broomfield Pit Tarmac Barham
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Table 12: List of concrete batching plants in Suffolk
Site Number
Site Operating Company
Location
1 Meekings Road, Sudbury Cemex UK Ltd Sudbury
2 Saxmundham Plant, Theberton
airfield Cemex UK Ltd Saxmundham/Leiston
3 Flixton Plant Cemex UK Ltd Flixton, Bungay
4 Hadleigh Road Industrial
Estate, Arkwright Road, Ipswich
Euromix Ipswich
5 Stowmarket Business Park Eastern Counties Stowmarket
6 Fornham Park Eastern Counties Fornham St Martin
7 Bury St Edmunds Eastern Counties Bury St Edmunds
8 Block works, Sproughton Road
Ipswich Hanson Concrete Ipswich
9 Bay Farm Quarry Hanson Concrete Worlington
10 Kedington Road, Haverhill Hanson Concrete Haverhill
11 Portman Walk, Ipswich Cemex UK Ltd Ipswich
12 Hill Road, Beccles Cemex UK Ltd Beccles
13 Sheepdrift Farm Quarry Brett Aggregates Waldringfield, Ipswich
14 Shrubland Quarry Brett Aggregates Coddenham, Ipswich
15 Bath Hills Road, Bungay Bungay
16 Sinks Pit Cemex UK Ltd Kesgrave, Ipswich
17 Pesthouse Lane, Barham Tarmac Barham, Ipswich
18 Fornham Park Allen Newport Ltd Fornham Park
19 Ipswich East Bank Tarmac Power Station Quay, Cliff Quay, Ipswich
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11. Looking to the future
11.1. At Suffolk County Council, the Cabinet has agreed to update the existing minerals and waste development plan documents by combining them into a single Suffolk Minerals & Waste Local Plan.
11.2. To inform the plan making process, this LAA includes below an assessment of the current planned provision for aggregates including both permitted reserves and the resources contained within existing allocated sites.
11.3. Tables 13 and 14 below identify those sites allocated within the Minerals Specific Site Allocation DPD for Suffolk for which planning permission had not been granted (as at 31 December 2014 and 2015). It also indicates the estimated reserves that these sites may contain.
11.4. In addition, there would be a need to review existing allocations to consider whether they remain deliverable.
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TABLE 13: Sites allocated (allocated reserves) in current Minerals Site Allocations Development Plan Document adopted September 2009 and for which planning permission has not been granted (as at 31 December 2014
DPD Site ref:
Site Name Estimated Tonnage
(million tonnes, mt)
4 Layham 0.8
5A, 5B Barham 0.6
6 Chilton Estate Sudbury 1.0
12, 12A Timworth 2.5
16 Homersfield/Flixton 0.856
19 Worlington Quarry/Red Lodge 0.09
20 Worlington Quarry/Red Lodge 0.18
23 Cavenham Quarry (western extension) 0.88
Total All Sites 6.90
Source: Suffolk Minerals Specific Site Allocation Development Plan Document Adopted September 2009.
TABLE 14: Sites allocated (allocated reserves) in current Minerals Site Allocation Development Plan Document adopted September 2009 and for which planning permission has not been granted as at 31 December 2015
DPD Site ref:
Site Name Estimated Tonnage
(million tonnes, mt)
4 Layham 0.8
5A, 5B Barham 0.6
6 Chilton Estate Sudbury 1.0
12, 12A Timworth 2.5
19 Worlington Quarry/Red Lodge 0.09
20 Worlington Quarry/Red Lodge 0.18
23 Cavenham Quarry (western extension) 0.88
Total All Sites 6.05
Source: Suffolk Minerals Specific Site Allocation Development Plan Document Adopted September 2009.
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11.5. Tables 15 and 16 below compare the planned provision (i.e. permitted reserves and reserves contained within sites allocated in the Minerals Specific Site Allocation DPD) against both the current apportionment of 1.62 mts and the 10-year average sales figures to obtain a planned provision land bank for 2014 and 2015.
11.6. The total of permitted and allocated reserves as of the end of 2014 was 20.11 mts (see table 16 below). Using the sub-regional apportionment figure of 1.62 mts per annum, these reserves are sufficient for 12.4 years (until late 2026). Even in the worst case scenario, using the current apportionment of 1.62 mts per annum, the Suffolk Minerals & Waste Local Plan will be in place by 2018, so that the provision of sand and gravel will be replenished to help maintain the landbank of permitted reserves at the required level of at least 7 years.
11.7. The total of permitted and allocated reserves as of the end of 2015 was 19.23 mts (see table below 17). Using the sub-regional apportionment figure of 1.62 mts per annum, these reserves are sufficient for 11.8 years (until late 2026). Once again, even in the worst case scenario, using the current apportionment of 1.62 mts per annum, the Suffolk Minerals & Waste Local Plan will be in place by 2018, so that the provision of sand and gravel will be replenished to help maintain the landbank of permitted reserves at the required level of at least 7 years.
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TABLE 15: Comparison of planned provision against current apportionment and 10 year average sales as of 31 December 2014
Assumed sales
Permitted reserves
as at 31/12/2014
Allocated reserves
as at 31/12/2014
Total planned
provision as at
31/12/2014
Number of years planned
provision
Date current planned
provision would be
exhausted
Year provision of 7 year land banks expires
Current Apportionment of 1.62 mts
13.2 mts 6.9 mts
20.1 mts
12.4
2026
2019
10 year average sales of 1.39 mts
13.2 mts 6.9 mts
20.1 mts
14.5
2028
2021
TABLE 16: Comparison of planned provision against current apportionment and 10 year average sales as of 31 December 2015
Assumed sales
Permitted reserves
as at 31/12/2015
Allocated reserves
as at 31/12/2015
Total planned
provision as at
31/12/2015
Number of years planned
provision
Date current planned
provision would be
exhausted
Year provision of 7 year land banks expires
Current Apportionment of 1.62 mts
13.19 mts 6.04 mts
19.23 mts 11.8 2025 2018
10 year average sales of 1.2 mts
13.19 mts 6.04 mts
19.23 mts 16.02 2030 2023
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11.8. The current appointment figure is based upon the revised national guidelines that cover
the period to 2020. At the time of writing, the National Co-ordinating Group is not scheduled to meet in the foreseeable future. Therefore in the likely absence of updated guidelines emerging, the default position is for the provision for sand and gravel in the proposed Suffolk Minerals & Waste Local Plan would be based upon a ten year rolling average, see tables 17 and 18 below. The base date of the plan would be the 31 December 2016 and the rolling average at that date would be used as a basis for the plan submitted to the Secretary of State.
TABLE 17: Provision of sand and gravel to 2036 based on the 10 year average sales (as of 31 December 2014)
Assumed
Sales Permitted reserves
as at 31/12/2014
Allocated reserves
as at 31/12/2014
Total planned
provision as at
31/12/2014
Number of years planned
provision
Date current planned provision would be exhausted
Unallocated provision needed up to 2036 plan period (years)
Unallocated provision needed up to 2036 plan period (mts)
10 year average
sales of 1.39 mts
13.2 mts 6.9 mts 20.1 mts 14.5
(20.1 mts / 1.39 mts)
2028 7.5 years 10.42 mts
(1.39 mts x
7.5)
Source: Aggregate Monitoring Surveys
TABLE 18: Provision of sand and gravel to 2036 based on the 10 year average sales (as of 31 December 2015)
Assumed
sales Permitted reserves
as at 31/12/2015
Allocated reserves
as at 31/12/2015
Total planned
provision as at
31/12/2015
Number of years planned
provision
Date current planned provision would be exhausted
Unallocated provision needed up to 2036 plan period (years)
Unallocated provision needed up to 2036 plan period (mts)
10 year average
sales of 1.2 mts
13.19 mts 6.05 mts 19.24 mts 16.03
(19.24 mts / 1.2 mts)
2031 5 years 6.00 mts
(1.2 mts x 5)
Source: Aggregate Monitoring Surveys
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11.9. Figure 10 below shows sales and apportionments for the period 1995-2015 and the 10-
year average sales figure. Sales have never exceeded the apportionment over the years in question and have been below the 10 year rolling average since 2009.
FIGURE 10: Sales, Apportionment and 10-year average sales for Suffolk 1995 - 2015
Source: Suffolk County Council Annual Monitoring
11.10. The County Council has considered whether there are any major developments or
infrastructure projects that might indicate that either the 10 year average sales or the current apportionment might represent an under provision such that a larger amount of sand & gravel extraction should be planned for.
11.11. Set out below in Table 19 are figures relating to housing trajectories taken from district
& borough council Core Strategies. These suggest that overall there is a 10.9% increase in the annual average number of planned housing completions, over that previously provided for in the former East of England plan which provided the basis for the apportionment figures, and which had a plan period running from 2001 to 2021.
11.12. Table 20 sets out figures relating to housing completions that shows that overall the actual average annual completions are 28.5% lower that the local plans figures and 20.7% lower than the former East of England Plan projections.
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TABLE 19: Housing trajectories
District/
Borough
Plan
period
Housing
units
Annual
Average
Former
Regional
figure
Regional
Annual
Average
Variation from
Regional
figure
Babergh 2011-2031
6000 300 5600 280 Annual increase from 280 to 300
Forest Heath 2011-2031
7,000 350 6400 320 Annual increase from
320 to 350
Ipswich 2010-2027
18,200 1071 15400 770 Annual increase from
770 to 824
Mid Suffolk 2012-2027
6,500 433 8300 415 Annual increase from 415 to 500
SEBC 2001-2031
15,400 513 10000 500 Annual increase from
500 to 513
Suffolk
Coastal 2010-2027 7,900 465 10200 510
Annual decrease from
510 to 465
Waveney 2001-2025
6,960 290 5800 290 No annual change
Total
67,960 3,422 61700
3,085
Source: Suffolk County Council.
TABLE 20: Housing completions
District/
Borough
Actual
Completions since start
of Plan to
2015
Annual
Completion
Averages
Percentage
of annual
Plan
figure
Percentage
of former annual
Regional
figure
Babergh 941 235 78.3% 83.9%
Forest Heath 1,123 281 80.2% 87.8
Ipswich 7,980 570 53.2% 74.0%
Mid Suffolk 1,278 426 98.3% 102.6%
SEBC 4,936 353 68.8% 70.6%
Suffolk
Coastal 1,452 290 62.3% 56.8%
Waveney 4,114 294 101.3% 101.3%
Total 21,824 2,449 71.5% 79.3%
Source: Suffolk County Council.
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11.13. There are some major transport infrastructure proposals planned but these are unlikely
to generate sufficient demand for aggregates to warrant an increase in the apportionment. Road schemes planned include new bridges in Ipswich and Lowestoft.
11.14. There are also a number of Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects planned for Suffolk including the A14 road improvements and a number of projects relating to the upgrading and provision of electricity power lines. These are likely to require some relatively small quantities of aggregate provision.
11.15. The most significant possible NSIP is the construction of new nuclear power stations at Sizewell (and the associated development). However, no application has been submitted for this and the timescale for construction is uncertain even if consent is forthcoming. The implications of this development will be kept under review in future LAAs.
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12 Conclusions
12.1 Suffolk currently has sufficient permitted reserves of sand & gravel to maintain at least a seven-year land bank as required by the National Planning Policy Framework and the Suffolk Minerals Core Strategy.
12.2 The proposed Suffolk Minerals & Waste Local Plan is intended to have an end date of
2036 and additional land won sand & gravel resources will need to be identified. In the absence of updated national guidelines for aggregates provision, the provision in the plan will be based on a ten year average of past sales with a base date of 31 December 2016. Reference to past sales indicates that the sub-regional apportionment has never been exceeded and that sales have been lower than the ten year average since 2009.
12.3 Suffolk does not currently consider that it would be appropriate to plan for an increased
proportion of aggregate demand to be provided by marine dredged aggregate. This reflects the difficulty in relying on supply where marine dredged material can be diverted relatively easily to other markets and where demand for marine dredged materials in other markets such as London remains high. Suffolk will continue to safeguard wharves which are capable of receiving marine dredged and marine borne aggregates in line with its existing policy.
12.4 Fully accurate statistics for recycled aggregates are difficult to obtain. Suffolk will
promote and encourage the use of recycled aggregates for example by imposing conditions on its own developments to ensure that demolition materials are reused wherever possible and will provide a positive planning framework for dealing with applications for aggregate recycling facilities, where appropriate
12.5 However, Suffolk does not consider that it should seek to place more reliance on
recycled or secondary aggregates to meet its aggregates provision, partly because the volumes potentially available in Suffolk are likely to be relatively low and constant, and are heavily dependent on the level of the construction activity.
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