Sandwell Local Plan - Reg 19 Publication
(1) APPENDIX F - Minerals
The Black Country Minerals Study (BCMS, Tables 12.9 and 12.10) lists all known existing mineral sites and mineral infrastructure sites in the Black Country.
Existing Black Country mineral infrastructure sites include secondary / recycled aggregates production, rail-linked aggregates depots, coating plants, ready-mix (RMX) concrete batching plants, manufacture of concrete products, and dry silo mortar (DSM) plants.
The Council will safeguard existing mineral infrastructure sites against inappropriate development – this is necessary to retain existing capacity, thereby helping to make best use of / conserve existing resources.
The locations of these mineral infrastructure sites are identified on the Policies Plan, and are listed in the following tables:
Key Mineral Infrastructure
Site Ref |
Site |
Location |
Type |
MIS1 |
Anytime Concrete |
Gerard House, Kelvin Way, West Bromwich |
Concrete batching plant |
MIS2 |
Bescot LDC - Rail Ballast Facility |
Land at Bescot Sidings, off Sandy Lane, Wednesbury |
Rail-related aggregates depot/ Aggregates recycling |
MIS3 |
Breedon Oldbury Concrete Plant |
Engine Street, Oldbury |
Aggregates recycling |
MIS4 |
Breedon Oldbury Concrete Plant |
Cemex House, Wolverhampton Road, Oldbury |
Concrete batching plant |
MIS5 |
Former Hanson Site (West Bromwich) |
Grice Street, West Bromwich |
Aggregates recycling |
MIS6 |
Hanson Ready Mixed Concrete Plant |
Roway Lane, Oldbury |
Concrete batching plant |
MIS7 |
Wednesbury Asphalt Plant |
Smith Road, Wednesbury |
Coating plant |
MIS8 |
Cradley Special Brick |
Corngreaves Trading Estate, Overend Road, Cradley Heat |
Brickworks |
MIS9 |
Oldfields Inert Recycling Facility |
Oldfields, off Corngreaves Road, Cradley Heath |
Aggregates recycling |