Rugby Cement Plant confirmed for an upgrade!
Cemex has secured planning consent for a major upgrade to its Rugby Cement Plant in Warwickshire. The project is aimed at reducing the plant’s carbon footprint and increasing the capacity…
Third Asphalt Plant for Tynedale Roadstone!
Tynedale Roadstone, part of MGL Group, has secured planning consent in June 2025 for the construction of a new asphalt plant located at Allerton Waste Recovery Park, Harrogate, West Yorkshire.…
Construction Planning Activity – Mid year Review
The latest monthly BDS planning reports detailing planning activity for July 2025 have been published by BDS. The reports are part of the highly sought after annual BDS planning subscription…
House building consents continue to decline
The latest edition of the Housebuilders Quarterly Report (Q2 2025), published by BDS Marketing Research, illustrates a stagnated housing market in Great Britain as housing consents per quarter fall to…
Potential new RMX batching plant for Yorkshire & The Humber
In June 2025, Biker Group, a family-owned business operating in North Yorkshire and Teesside, has submitted a planning application for the installation of a concrete batching plant in Killbery Quarry.…
Major extension approved for limestone quarry in Oxfordshire
Smiths & Sons (Bletchington) Ltd, an independent family-owned aggregates producer based in Oxfordshire, received planning consent in June 2025 for a major extension to its Dewars Farm Quarry, located near…
Longcliffe Quarries have secured planning permission at Aldwick Quarry
Longcliffe Quarries, a family-owned business established in 1927, known for producing high-grade limestone powders, granules and by-products, has secured planning approval for a significant extension to its operations near Brassington,…
New RMX batching plants at Hunterston PARC site in North Ayrshire?
A planning application was submitted in May 2025 by Holcim UK, formerly known as Aggregate Industries, for two new concrete batching plants at the southern end of the Hunterston PARC…
Mansfield District Council grant approval for Mansfield Sand RMX plant
Mansfield Sand Co Ltd has received planning approval from Mansfield District Council for a new sustainable RMX batching plant at its Crown Garm Way site in Forest Town, Nottinghamshire. The…
Tytherington Quarry to extract additional 3 million tonnes of limestone
Heidelberg Materials has secured planning consent for an extension at Tytherington Quarry, South Gloucestershire. Approved in April 2025, this application allows for the extraction of an additional 3 million tonnes…