Minerals

London needs a reliable supply of materials to support high levels of building and transport construction. These materials include land-won sand and gravel, crushed rock, marine sand and gravel and recycled and alternative materials.

There are relatively small reserves of land-won sand and gravel in London. Most aggregates used in London come from outside including marine sand and gravel and land-won materials from other regions, including the South East and East. There are limited reserves of land-won sand and gravel to meet the new guidelines for London of 19 million tonnes of land-won sand and gravel in the period 2001 - 2016.

View Minerals policies

• 4A.30 Better use of aggregates
• 4A.31 Spatial policies to support the better use of aggregates
• 4A.32 Land won aggregates