Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton Minerals and Waste Local Plan: Adopted December 1998

Borrow Pits

Main Contents Page	Alternative Aggregates	Secondary Aggregates
5. Meeting the Need for Minerals	Marine-Dredged Sand And Gravel	Chalk
Geology	Crushed Rock	Clay
Sand And Gravel	Secondary Or Substitute Aggregate Materials	Borrow Pits
Chalk	Aggregates Supply	Oil And Gas
Clay	Preferred Areas For Sand And Gravel Extraction	Minerals Processing And Manufacturing Plant
Borrow Pits	Alternative Aggregates	Mineral Exploration
Oil And Gas	Aggregates Wharves And Depots

5.10 Where aggregate materials are required for a particular major local construction project, production from established pits and quarries is sometimes supplemented by temporary borrow pits. Such workings may be for sand, gravel, chalk or clay. Production from borrow pits is normally limited to use for a specific local construction project and a direct access between the pit and the construction site is usually required. Borrow pits are most commonly used to serve road construction projects.