Rainham Quarry
A local source of sand and gravel with progressive restoration of the land.
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Rainham Quarry
A local source of sand and gravel with progressive restoration of the land.
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Improvements to our proposal at Rainham Lodge Farm
Welcome
Brett Aggregates is an established producer of building materials in the South East. We have been operating in the Rainham area for almost 60 years, opening our first quarry at Ayletts Farm in 1963. We have supplied local sand and gravel to developments in the surrounding towns ever since.
We’re currently working on land at East Hall Farm near Wennington, where sand and gravel is excavated then transported to Rainham Quarry for processing, then distributed to local building projects and builders’ merchants.
To maintain a local source of materials we are proposing a new source at Rainham Lodge Farm. Our planning application, along with supporting documents, can be viewed on the Havering council planning portal (reference P1251.24).
Plan showing the relative location of Rainham Quarry and the proposed site at Rainham Lodge Farm. The red lines indicate areas that are included within our planning application. The blue lines are other areas owned or operated by Brett.
Changes following consultation
Following consultation with a range of local representatives, organisations and individuals over several months, we have adjusted our proposal to take into consideration comments we have received.
Among the main improvements to our proposal are:
- Smaller area of land proposed for quarrying
- Further away from nearest homes and footpath
- No extraction on Saturdays (only maintenance activities)
- Safety improvements on Berwick Pond Road including widening of 5 bends
- Improved signage on Launders Lane
- Lorry ‘shuttle’ system to minimise road miles
- No lorries will use Park Farm Road or Aveley Road
- No shuttle journeys on weekends or bank holidays
- Low-emission biofuel (HVO) for shuttle journeys
- Better quarry phasing to accelerate restoration
- Planting of broadleaf woodland in ‘buffer zone’
- Enhanced biodiversity and nature conservation on restoration
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Key facts
- Sand and gravel from Rainham Lodge Farm would maintain a local supply of building materials
- The potential to extract source material at this site is long-established with the minerals safeguarded by current planning policy
- Landscaping and advanced planting around the perimeter will help to screen the site from various key viewpoints
- A progressive restoration scheme using inert soils will return the land to original levels whilst enhancing the landscape and biodiversity
- Aggregates extracted at Rainham Lodge Farm would be processed at the existing Rainham Quarry
- No overall increase in lorry numbers as Rainham Lodge Farm replaces East Hall Farm
- Lorries heading to Rainham Quarry would not pass through any built-up residential areas
- Lorries returning to Rainham Lodge Farm would be controlled to optimise traffic flow in the local area
About this website
This website is part of the public consultation we have been undertaking for our planning application at Rainham Lodge Farm. On these pages we outline the phased approach we propose to take for working and restoring the land as we go, along with environmental considerations and mitigation measures.
We submitted our planning application in September 2024. The full application along with supporting documents can be viewed on the Havering council planning portal (reference P1251.24)