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About London Concrete
Ltd?
8.7.04| FirstPlan
may need more time to defend their client's (London Concrete Ltd)
Planning Application
Firstplan Ltd who are acting on behalf of London
Concrete Ltd, have sent letters to few local residence. They tell us:
their experts will be on holiday at the time of the public meeting.
They are requesting an additional meeting at the end of July when most
people and especially families with kids will be on holiday.
We suggest to both Haringey planning
department and Firstplan Ltd to:
- Schedule the second public meeting when
everyone can attend it, in the beginning of September!!!
- And take this opportunity to properly consult
the larger community who will all be effected by this development!!!
To read the letter click here
2.7.04|Behind the
eco-friendly facade
- The Battersea's council planning battle
with London Concrete Ltd
London Concrete has been outbid
by the Battersea Dogs' Home for an acre of former
railway-owned land.
- Residents’ fury over proposals
Looking at how another residential
community is cooping with hosting 'London Concrete Ltd'. And the impact this development created 4 years down the
timeline. Not good news!
The Battersea's council planning battle
with
London Concrete Ltd
http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk
49/818] Rail freight policy goes to the
dogs: London Concrete has been outbid by the Battersea Dogs' Home
for an acre of former railway-owned land on which it wanted to
construct a rail-served cement and building aggregates depot handling
100 000 tonnes a year. The animal charity, which claims that the number
of cats and dogs it has to look after is rising for the first time in
ten years, is reputed to be paying Rail Property Ltd about £1M
for the land. T he cement company proposes now to use an
alternative non-rail-connected site and dogs, cats and anyone else
whose home is in Battersea will just have to suffer the additional 10
000 lorry journeys a year.
(Financial Times, 24/12/97; Letter, 31/12/97)
People complaining about plans to put a cement
depot in their street should find out by March if their battle has been
successful.
Around half-a-dozen spoke out against plans by London Concrete to open
a concrete
batching plant in Stewards Lane, Battersea at public inquiry last week.
The inquiry followed a decision by Wandsworth Council last June not to
allow
the scheme to go ahead and a subsequent appeal by the company.
Residents said they already put up with train transporters and buses
thundering
past their homes and the noise, dust and traffic created by the plan
would be
the final straw.
But the company says it will deal with traffic problems.
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9:30am Saturday 23rd January 1999
Residents’ fury over proposals
http://www.eppingforestguardian.co.uk
Angry Battersea residents are planning a mass
protest against proposals to double the number of mixer trucks at
Stewarts Lane Cement Plant, amid claims it has turned their once
residential area into an industrial estate.
The plant, near Queenstown Road, sparked
controversy in 1999 when it was approved on appeal by the Secretary of
State despite protests from residents and the council.
Planning restrictions were put in place for only
four mixer trucks to be used but London Concrete Ltd is now applying to
increase the number of trucks to a maximum of eight.
Last November the company applied to have the
restriction lifted but this was thrown out by the council. It will now
be considered at a public inquiry later this year.
Residents are up-in-arms about the latest
proposals and say they already live in an industrial nightmare with
lorries driving on pavements and spilling cement on the road.
Kathy Martins, who has lived in Silverthorne Road
for 22 years and is leading the campaign, said: "The cement lorries
spill their loads everywhere, making the area dirty and dangerous.
"They frequently block the road and there have
been many accidents.
"When planning permission was granted in 1999 it
was on an experimental basis for five years. Yet before barely three
years are up the company concerned is applying to double its capacity.
"We will be protesting at the planning meetings
and public inquiry. The company must realise it is dangerous running so
many heavy lorries through what is essentially a residential area."
Supporting the residents, Queenstown Ward
councillor Richard Vivian said: "The council didn't want the plant to
open in the first place. The number of vehicles was restricted to four
to cap the amount of traffic at the site.
"Any more trucks will certainly cause further
spillage and further antagonise the residents.
"I have confidence the council will throw this out
and we may then have to make a strong case to the planning tribunal to
prevent it going through on appeal."
Battersea MP Martin Linton added: "No-one should
be allowed to increase the lorry movements. They cause a huge amount of
inconvenience and distress to the residents.
"I would like to see proper access to the site
from a main road instead of using residential streets."
No-one at London Concrete Ltd was available for
comment.
10:07am Friday 22nd March 2002
28.6.04|
- London Concrete Ltd
- Aggregate Industries Plc
- Super Urban Plants
London Concrete Ltd
"London Concrete was formed in 1997 as a joint
venture between the founding Directors and Day Aggregates Limited. In
January 1998 London Concrete became a joint venture between the
original shareholders and Aggregate Industries plc."
To find out more visit
http://www.london-concrete.com
Aggregate Industries Plc
"Aggregate Industries Plc is the UK based
international aggregates and building materials group with leading
regional market positions in the UK and the US. In the UK it is the
fourth largest aggregates producer, the second largest asphalt
producer, the fifth largest ready-mixed concrete producer, a leading
manufacturer of precast concrete products, and a major surfacing
contractor.In the US, the Group is the seventh largest aggregates
producer and the fifth largest producer of ready-mixed concrete in what
is still a fragmented industry.
Record 2002 results maintained the progress
Aggregate Industries has continuously achieved since its formation in
1997. The 2002 turnover of the Group increased 5% to £1,378.2
million (2001 £1,139.4m) and the operating profit was up 11% to
£165.8 million (2001 £1,306.9m) and profit before tax was
up 8% to £134.5 million (2001 £124.1m)."
To find out more visit
http://www.aggregate.com
Super Urban Plants
..."Aggregate Industries' business development
manager for the South East Richard Hillam says the new railhead is a
natural extension of the company's strategy for moving its materials.
Around 80% of the company's aggregate requirements in the South East in
2000 was imported by rail."
..."We have invested heavily in developing our
rail facilities and the percentage of our materials transported by rail
will be greater this year following increased tonnages being handled at
Wembley and our other railheads in the South East. "This is the way we
are progressing as rail now stands as the best way of getting our
materials into the region and there are significant environmental and
economic benefits," says Hillam.... "
..."Wembley is a significant extension to
Aggregate Industries' network of railheads in the south east.
Facilities at West Drayton, Brentford and Greenwich were complemented
with railheads at Bishops Stortford and Bow when Bardon Aggregates
merged with CAMAS to form Aggregate Industries in 1997. Wembley has
presented an ideal location for Aggregate Industries' latest railhead
and materials outlet. The site was previously used as a coal depot and
the necessary rail infrastructure, although in need of restoration, was
already in place when the company began developing the facility. Total
construction cost has amounted to around £4M."
..."We have 10 trains coming in every week,
including six dry stone deliveries and four block trains, which arrive
during the night and serve our other concrete block distribution
centres in the area as well as Wembley."
..."The unloading operation at Wembley requires
one plant operator. In accordance with Aggregate Industries' agreement
with EW&S, the train shunter acts as a second unloading operator.
Around 30 hopper wagons are successively unloaded via a computer
controlled conveyor system which automatically transfers the material
into the plant's grade and material separated storage depot. Trains of
around 1100t typically comprise 20mm-5mm granite, Type 1 sub base and
various other single sizes. One separate train imports around 1000t of
sand from Aggregate Industries' Warmwell quarry each week."
..."Train service has generally been very good and
we have consistently met demand," says Griffiths. "The facility could
quite easily receive double its current intake of around 10,000t each
week to serve a larger area, but Wembley is targeting a discreet urban
market."
..."Asphalt and drystone operations at Wembley are
giving priority to a collect service for local customers. The concrete
plant on site is being operated by London Concrete, which is 51% owned
by Aggregate Industries, and being fed with stone from the railhead.
London Concrete is delivering with its own fleet of readymix trucks,
but also provides a collect service for a proportion of its business."
..."Customers in urban areas want a quick and
reliable pick up service for relatively small quantities of material,"
says Hillam. "We also deliver from Wembley, although our collect
customers get priority because the site is geared towards this end of
the market. "The Wembley site is ideal because its location close to
London's north circular ring road is at the centre of a large market
for construction materials. It adds to our network of plants offering
easy access to Aggregate Industries products in and around London and
the railhead has provided us with an efficient way of getting materials
into the area."
To read the full article visit
http://www.aggregate-uk.com/index.html?press23.html&2
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