The UK aggregates industry continues to be unable to replenish its output with new reserves, a situation that is particularly acute in sand and gravel, which saw less than half of 2013's production replaced in terms of consents for new reserves during the year. This is just one of the conclusions from BDS Marketing's latest analysis of planning applications and consents in the aggregates industry. Commenting on the findings, BDS director Julian Clapp said: 'Only in the East Midlands did we find that companies were able to fully replace the amount of sand and gravel extracted during 2013. Throughout northern England we found no consents at all were granted during the year.'
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