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

Alternative Aggregates

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

5.13 It is estimated that in the second half of the 1980s the total consumption of aggregates in Hampshire was between six and seven million tonnes a year, although it has fallen by perhaps as much as 25 per cent since then. Less than half of this demand has been met by land-won sand and gravel. There are movements of sand and gravel across the County boundary, both into and out of the County, but exports are generally balanced by imports. The balance of demand, amounting to around 3.5 million tonnes a year in the late 1980s, is met by other sources of material, known collectively as alternative aggregate sources. This material mainly comprises marine-dredged sand and gravel and imported crushed rock, but it also includes secondary or substitute aggregate materials. These materials can be used for the same purposes as land-won sand and gravel, although crushed rock is mainly used in road construction, repair and maintenance.