2019 Aggregate Minerals Survey for Scotland

Appendix A – Data Tables

General notes on the tables

The following conventions have been used in the tables:

‘0’ Figure is less than 500 tonnes for all sales and consumption information and less than 0.5Mt for reserves data.

‘–’ Denotes a nil figure. (On rare occasions, such an entry may conceal a confidential figure in order to allow publication of a regional total. Table footnotes indicate where this applies.)

‘c’ Indicates a confidential figure. Totals include concealed confidential figures wherever possible.

Figures in the tables may not fully sum to the row or column total due to rounding.

Table 1 Geographical spread of sites included in the 2019 Aggregate Minerals Survey

Region	Sand and gravel	Crushed rock	Total sites
Argyll & Bute	c	c	c
Ayrshire Authorities	3	8	11
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	3	7	10
Dumfries & Galloway	8	6	14
East Central Scotland	11	17	28
Forth Valley	c	–	c
Highland	7	8	15
North East Scotland	8	12	20
Orkney & Shetland Islands	3	3	6
Tay Area	3	6	9
West Central Scotland	6	12	18
Total	52	79	131

1. Ayrshire Authorities also includes Argyll & Bute.

2. Tay Area also includes Forth Valley sand and gravel.

Table 2 Comparison of sales and consumption of primary aggregates in 2019

Thousand tonnes
Region	Sales Total primary aggregates	Consumption Total primary aggregates
Argyll & Bute	c	254
Ayrshire Authorities	2 443	998
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	231	231
Dumfries & Galloway	572	269
East Central Scotland	2 880	2 585
Forth Valley	c	467
Highland	7 505	1 456
North East Scotland	1 606	1 488
Orkney & Shetland Islands	132	132
Tay Area	875	696
West Central Scotland	4 536	5 090
Total	20 780	13 666

1. Ayrshire Authorities also includes Argyll & Bute.

2. Tay Area also includes Forth Valley sand and gravel.

3. The figure for total consumption slightly under estimates true consumption because for some regions unallocated sales have an unknown destination. Taking into account unallocated sales (c.0.85 Mt) and imports from England and Wales (0.08 Mt), total consumption of primary aggregates in Scotland was about 14.6 Mt.

Table 3 Summary of sales of primary aggregates in 2019

Thousand tonnes
Region	Sand and gravel	% of total sand and gravel	Crushed rock	% of total crushed rock	Total sales	% of total sales
Argyll & Bute	c	c	c	c	c	c
Ayrshire Authorities	290	8%	2 153	13%	2 443	12%
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	3	0%	229	1%	231	1%
Dumfries & Galloway	407	11%	165	1%	572	3%
East Central Scotland	739	20%	2 142	13%	2 880	14%
Forth Valley	c	c	–	–	c	c
Highland	314	8%	7 191	42%	7 505	36%
North East Scotland	482	13%	1 124	7%	1 606	8%
Orkney & Shetland Islands	0	0%	131	1%	132	1%
Tay Area	441	12%	434	3%	875	4%
West Central Scotland	1 059	28%	3 477	20%	4 536	22%
Total aggregates	3 735	100%	17 045	100%	20 780	100%

1. Ayrshire Authorities also includes Argyll & Bute.

2. Tay Area also includes Forth Valley sand and gravel.Table 4 Summary of sales of primary aggregates (sand & gravel and crushed rock) by major end use

Table 4 Summary of sales of primary aggregates (sand & gravel and crushed rock) by major end use

Thousand tonnes
Aggregates Use	Argyll & Bute	Ayrshire Authorities	Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	Dumfries & Galloway	East Central Scotland	Forth Valley	Highland	North East Scotland	Orkney & Shetland Islands	Tay Area	West Central Scotland	Total Scotland	% of total sales
Coarse/fine concrete aggregate	c	136	1	131	443	c	2 412	216	3	222	961	4 526	22%
Building/asphalting sand	c	104	–	124	193	c	0	5	–	2	348	777	4%
Roadstone/gravel, coated for asphalt	c	260	–	22	292	c	281	78	22	51	524	1 530	7%
Roadstone, uncoated	c	241	–	5	554	c	81	67	64	13	1 267	2 292	11%
Other screened and graded aggregates	c	126	–	31	310	c	754	98	18	75	742	2 154	10%
Railway ballast	c	–	–	–	–	–	368	–	–	–	112	480	2%
Armourstone and gabion stone	c	–	–	0	10	–	46	2	0	–	18	75	0%
Other construction uses, including fill	c	265	6	78	299	c	3 039	114	24	9	563	4 396	21%
Undifferentiated aggregate use	c	1 312	224	181	780	c	525	1 026	1	503	–	4 551	22%
Total aggregates	c	2 443	231	572	2 880	c	7 505	1 606	132	875	4 536	20780	100%

1. Coated roadstone also includes material exported from the quarry site for coating with bituminous binder.

2. Roadstone uncoated includes rock chippings for surfacing dressing.

3. Ayrshire Authorities also includes Argyll & Bute.

4. Tay Area also includes Forth Valley sand and gravel.

Table 5 Sales of land-won sand and gravel by product (end use) in 2019

Thousand tonnes
Product	Argyll & Bute	Ayrshire Authorities	Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	Dumfries & Galloway	East Central Scotland	Forth Valley	Highland	North East Scotland	Orkney & Shetland Islands	Tay Area	West Central Scotland	Total Scotland	% total sales
Sand
Sand for asphalt	c	80	–	84	75	–	–	1	–	–	88	328	9%
Sand for use in mortar (building sand)	c	24	–	40	118	c	0	5	–	2	260	449	12%
Sand for concreting	c	95	1	83	273	c	30	110	0	131	405	1 127	30%
Gravel
Gravel for use in asphalt (on or off site)	–	–	–	3	5	–	–	–	–	–	0	8	0%
Gravel for concrete	c	5	–	48	20	c	21	95	–	91	45	326	9%
Other screened and graded gravels for other aggregate purposes	c	45	–	13	124	c	28	50	0	75	232	567	15%
Sand and gravel
Sand and gravel for constructional fill	c	10	–	76	124	c	78	73	–	3	29	392	10%
Undifferentiated aggregate use	c	31	1	60	–	c	157	148	–	140	–	537	14%
Total for Aggregate use	c	290	3	407	739	c	314	482	0	441	1059	3 735	100%
Total for Non-aggregate use	–	–	–	–	c	–	c	–	c	–	–	363
Total for all uses	c	290	3	407	c	c	c	482	c	441	1 059	4 097

1. Ayrshire Authorities also includes Argyll & Bute. 2. Tay Area also includes Forth Valley sand and gravel.

Table 6 Sales of crushed rock by product (end use) in 2019

Thousand tonnes
Product	Argyll & Bute	Ayrshire Authorities	Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	Dumfries & Galloway	East Central Scotland	Forth Valley	Highland
Crushed rock, coated for asphalt on site (exc. weight of binder)	c	190	–	–	19	–	18
Crushed rock, coated for asphalt off site	c	70	–	20	268	–	263
Crushed rock for uncoated roadstone & foundation work	c	230	–	5	514	–	79
Rock chippings for surface dressing	c	11	–	–	40	–	2
Railway ballast	–	–	–	–	–	–	368
Concrete aggregate	c	36	–	0	151	–	2 361
Other screened and graded aggregates	c	81	–	18	185	–	726
Armourstone and gabion stone	–	–	–	0	10	–	46
Other construction uses, including fill	c	255	6	1	175	–	2 961
Undifferentiated aggregate use	c	1 281	223	121	780	–	367
Total for Aggregate use	c	2 153	229	165	2 142	–	7 191
Total for Non-aggregate use	–	–	–	–	c	–	–
Total for all uses	c	2 153	229	165	c	–	7 191

1. Ayrshire Authorities also includes Argyll & Bute.

Table 6 continued - Sales of crushed rock by product (end use) in 2019

Thousand tonnes
Product	North East Scotland	Orkney & Shetland Islands	Tay Area	West Central Scotland	Total Scotland	% of total sales
Crushed rock, coated for asphalt on site (exc. weight of binder)	78	22	–	232	560	3%
Crushed rock, coated for asphalt off site	–	–	51	292	963	6%
Crushed rock for uncoated roadstone & foundation work	35	56	13	1 231	2 163	13%
Rock chippings for surface dressing	32	7	–	37	129	1%
Railway ballast	–	–	–	112	480	3%
Concrete aggregate	10	3	–	511	3 073	18%
Other screened and graded aggregates	48	18	–	510	1 586	9%
Armourstone and gabion stone	2	0	–	18	75	0%
Other construction uses, including fill	41	24	6	534	4 004	23%
Undifferentiated aggregate use	878	1	363	0	4 014	24%
Total for Aggregate use	1 124	131	434	3 477	17 045	100%
Total for Non-aggregate use	c	–	–	–	45
Total for all uses	c	131	434	3 477	17 091

Table 7 Summary of sales of primary aggregates by selected environmental designation in 2019

Thousand tonnes
	Argyll & Bute	Ayrshire Authorities	Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	Dumfries & Galloway	East Central Scotland	Forth Valley	Highland	North East Scotland	Orkney & Shetland Islands	Tay Area	West Central Scotland	Total Scotland
Sand and Gravel
All sites	c	290	3	407	739	c	314	482	0	441	1059	3735
National Park	–	–	–	–	–	c	–	–	–	–	–	c
NSA	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
SSSI	–	–	–	–	–	–	c	–	c	–	–	c
NNR	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
SPA and SAC	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	c	–	–	c
Green Belt	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	c	c
Crushed Rock
All sites	c	2153	229	165	2142	–	7191	1124	131	434	3477	17045
National Park	–	–	–	–	–	–	c	–	–	–	–	c
NSA	–	–	c	–	–	–	c	–	–	–	–	c
SSSI	c	–	–	–	–	–	c	c	–	–	–	c
NNR	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
SPA and SAC	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Green Belt	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	c	c

1. ‘All sites’ includes sales from all land-based mineral workings producing primary aggregates in 2019.

2. Designations are not mutually exclusive, e.g. Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) may overlap with others, such as National Parks and National Scenic Areas (NSA). Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) and Special Protection Areas (SPA) are also SSSIs. They are sub-sets of SSSIs.

3. Green Belt is a planning policy designation.

4. Some designations may only coincide with a small part of an extant planning permission. However, the total sales for the mineral working are recorded even though there may be no extraction within the designation. The degree of overlap, and the actual or potential impacts of mineral extraction on the conservation interest of the site will vary and are not reflected in the figures.

5. Ayrshire Authorities also includes Argyll & Bute.

6. Tay Area also includes Forth Valley sand and gravel.

Table 8 Summary of exports and imports of primary aggregates in 2019

Thousand tonnes
	Exports		Imports
Region	Sand and gravel	Crushed rock	Sand and gravel	Crushed rock
Argyll & Bute	c	c
Ayrshire Authorities	137	1,192	8	130
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	–	–	–	–
Dumfries & Galloway	294	32	0	23
East Central Scotland	348	335	89	299
Forth Valley	c	–	–	161
Highland	1	6130	9	72
North East Scotland	85	52	0	19
Orkney & Shetland Islands	–	–	–	–
Tay Area	194	83	240	164
West Central Scotland	83	658	260	1 034
Scotland	1 142	8 482	608	1902

1. Exports and imports do not include quantities of unallocated sales to unknown destinations.

2. Exports refers to aggregates exported outside of the region (i.e. to another region of Scotland or to outside of Scotland).

3. Exports include quantities to areas outside Scotland (6.3million tonnes).

4. Imports exclude aggregates imported from outside Scotland (0.08 million tonnes).

5. Ayrshire Authorities also includes Argyll & Bute exports and imports.

6. Tay Area sand and gravel also includes Forth Valley.

Table 9a Sales of primary aggregates by region in 2019 – sand and gravel

Thousand tonnes
	(Distribution to)
(Distribution from)	Argyll & Bute	Ayrshire Authorities	Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	Dumfries & Galloway	East Central Scotland
Argyll & Bute	c	c	–	–	–
Ayrshire Authorities	54	99	–	–	–
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	–	–	3	–	–
Dumfries & Galloway	–	–	–	113	–
East Central Scotland	0	1	–	0	391
Forth Valley	–	–	–	–	c
Highland	–	–	–	–	–
North East Scotland	–	–	–	–	–
Orkney & Shetland Islands	–	–	–	–	–
Tay Area	–	–	–	–	37
West Central Scotland	–	7	–	–	52
Total aggregates (consumption)	54	106	3	113	480

1. Ayrshire Authorities also includes Argyll & Bute.

Table 9a continued - Sales of primary aggregates by region in 2019 – sand and gravel

Thousand tonnes
	(Distribution to)
(Distribution from)	Forth Valley	Highland	North East Scotland	Orkney & Shetland Islands	Tay Area
Argyll & Bute	–	c	–	–	–
Ayrshire Authorities	–	9	–	–	–
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	–	–	–	–	–
Dumfries & Galloway	–	–	–	–	–
East Central Scotland	195	0	0	–	1
Forth Valley	c	–	–	–	c
Highland	–	313	–	–	–
North East Scotland	–	–	396	–	40
Orkney & Shetland Islands	–	–	–	0	–
Tay Area	108	–	–	–	140
West Central Scotland	4	–	–	–	–
Total aggregates (consumption)	306	323	397	0	182

1. Tay Area sales also includes Forth Valley sales.

Table 9a continued - Sales of primary aggregates by region in 2019 – sand and gravel

Thousand tonnes
	(Distribution to)
(Distribution from)	West Central Scotland	England	Outside GB	Unknown	Total aggregates (sales)
Argyll & Bute	c	–	–	–	c
Ayrshire Authorities	50	–	–	78	290
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	–	–	–	–	3
Dumfries & Galloway	–	28	–	265	407
East Central Scotland	54	0	–	96	739
Forth Valley	c	–	–	–	c
Highland	–	1	–	–	314
North East Scotland	–	18	6	21	482
Orkney & Shetland Islands	–	–	–	–	0
Tay Area	157	–	–	–	441
West Central Scotland	976	20	–	–	1 059
Total aggregates (consumption)	1 236	68	6	460

1. No sales to Wales were reported.

2. Outside GB comprises sales to Europe and Northern Ireland. No sales to the Republic of Ireland were reported.

Table 9b Sales of primary aggregates by region in 2019 – crushed rock

Thousand tonnes
	(Distribution to)
(Distribution from)	Argyll & Bute	Ayrshire Authorities	Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	Dumfries & Galloway	East Central Scotland
Argyll & Bute	c	–	–	–	–
Ayrshire Authorities	159	858	–	–	14
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	–	–	229	–	–
Dumfries & Galloway	–	32	–	133	–
East Central Scotland	–	–	–	–	1 806
Forth Valley	–	–	–	–	–
Highland	9	–	–	–	51
North East Scotland	–	–	–	–	–
Orkney & Shetland Islands	–	–	–	–	–
Tay Area	–	–	–	–	50
West Central Scotland	31	2	–	23	184
Total aggregates (consumption)	199	892	229	156	2 105

1. Ayrshire Authorities also includes Argyll & Bute.

Table 9b continued - Sales of primary aggregates by region in 2019 – crushed rock

Thousand tonnes
	(Distribution to)
(Distribution from)	Forth Valley	Highland	North East Scotland	Orkney & Shetland Islands	Tay Area
Argyll & Bute	–	c	–	–	–
Ayrshire Authorities	–	29	12	–	–
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	–	–	–	–	–
Dumfries & Galloway	–	–	–	–	–
East Central Scotland	71	–	–	–	164
Forth Valley	–	–	–	–	–
Highland	–	1 062	–	–	–
North East Scotland	–	17	1 072	–	–
Orkney & Shetland Islands	–	–	–	131	–
Tay Area	–	26	7	–	350
West Central Scotland	89	–	–	–	–
Total aggregates (consumption)	161	1 134	1 091	131	514

Table 9b continued - Sales of primary aggregates by region in 2019 – crushed rock

Thousand tonnes
	(Distribution to)
(Distribution from)	West Central Scotland	England	Outside GB	Unknown	Total aggregates (sales)
Argyll & Bute	–	–	–	–	c
Ayrshire Authorities	1 014	–	–	67	2 153
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	–	–	–	–	229
Dumfries & Galloway	–	–	–	–	165
East Central Scotland	20	40	–	40	2 142
Forth Valley	–	–	–	–	–
Highland	–	2 353	3 716	–	7 191
North East Scotland	–	17	–	18	1 124
Orkney & Shetland Islands	–	–	–	–	131
Tay Area	–	–	–	–	434
West Central Scotland	2 819	9	56	264	3 477
Total aggregates (consumption)	3 853	2 419	3 772	388

1. No sales to Wales were reported.

2. Outside GB comprises sales to Europe and Northern Ireland. No sales to the Republic of Ireland were reported.

Table 10 Sales of primary aggregates by principal transport method in 2019

Thousand tonnes
	Road			Water			Total
Region	Sand and gravel	Crushed rock	Total	Sand and gravel	Crushed rock	Total
Argyll & Bute	c	c	c	–	–	–	c
Ayrshire Authorities	290	2153	2443	–	–	–	2443
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	3	229	231	–	–	–	231
Dumfries & Galloway	407	165	572	–	–	–	572
East Central Scotland	739	2142	2880	–	–	–	2880
Forth Valley	c		c	–	–	–	c
Highland	313	544	858	1	6647	6648	7505
North East Scotland	475	1124	1599	6	–	6	1606
Orkney & Shetland Islands	0	131	132	–	–	–	132
Tay Area	441	434	875	–	–	–	875
West Central Scotland	1059	3422	4481	–	55	55	4536
Scotland	3727	10343	14071	7	6702	6709	20780

1. Ayrshire Authorities also includes Argyll & Bute.

2. Tay Area also includes Forth Valley sand and gravel.

Table 11a Comparison of sales and consumption of primary aggregates in 2019 – sand and gravel

Thousand tonnes
Sand and gravel	Total sales	Sales retained within region	Imports to region	Total consumption (retained + imports)	Exports to England	Exports to outside GB	% sales retained in region	% consumption imported
Argyll & Bute	c	c	–	c	–	–	c	c
Ayrshire Authorities	290	153	8	161	–	–	53%	5%
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	3	3	–	3	–	–	100%	0%
Dumfries & Galloway	407	113	0	113	28	–	28%	0%
East Central Scotland	739	391	89	480	0	–	53%	19%
Forth Valley	c	c	–	c	–	–	c	c
Highland	314	313	9	323	–	–	100%	3%
North East Scotland	482	396	0	397	18	6	82%	0%
Orkney & Shetland Islands	0	0	–	0	–	–	100%	0%
Tay Area	441	248	240	488	–	–	56%	49%
West Central Scotland	1 059	976	260	1 236	20	–	92%	21%
Total aggregates	3 735	2 593	608	3 200	68	6	92%	21%

1. Consumption includes sales within the home region and imports from other regions in Scotland but not imports from outside Scotland. The figure for total consumption slightly underestimates true consumption because for some regions unallocated sales have an unknown destination.

2. Total unallocated sales of sand and gravel were 0.46million tonnes.

3. Ayrshire Authorities also includes Argyll & Bute.

4. Tay Area also includes Forth Valley.

Table 11b Comparison of sales and consumption of primary aggregates in 2019 – crushed rock

Thousand tonnes
Sand and gravel	Total sales	Sales retained within region	Imports to region	Total consumption (retained + imports)	Exports to England	Exports to outside GB	% sales retained in region	% consumption imported
Argyll & Bute	c	c	c	c	–	–	c	c
Ayrshire Authorities	2 153	961	130	1 091	–	–	45%	12%
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	229	229	–	229	–	–	100%	0%
Dumfries & Galloway	165	133	23	156	0	–	81%	15%
East Central Scotland	2 142	1 806	299	2 105	40	–	84%	14%
Forth Valley	–	–	161	161	–	–	–	100%
Highland	7 191	1 062	72	1 134	2 353	3 716	15%	6%
North East Scotland	1 124	1 072	19	1 091	17	–	95%	2%
Orkney & Shetland Islands	131	131	–	131	–	–	100%	0%
Tay Area	434	350	164	514	–	–	81%	32%
West Central Scotland	3 477	2 819	1 034	3 853	9	56	81%	27%
Total aggregates	17 045	8 563	1 902	10 466	2 419	3 772	81%	27%

1. Consumption includes sales within the home region and imports from other regions in Scotland but not imports from outside Scotland. The figure for total consumption slightly underestimates true consumption because for some regions unallocated sales have an unknown destination.

2. Total unallocated sales of crushed rock were 0.39million tonnes.

3. Ayrshire Authorities also includes Argyll & Bute.

Table 12 Permitted reserves of primary aggregates in active and inactive sites at 31 December 2019

Thousand tonnes
	Sand and Gravel				Crushed Rock				Grand total
Region	Active sites	Inactive: worked in past	Inactive: yet to be worked	Total	Active sites	Inactive: worked in past	Inactive: yet to be worked	Total
Argyll & Bute	c	–	–	c	c	–	–	c	c
Ayrshire Authorities	3560	–	–	3560	103387	–	–	103387	106947
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	58	–	–	58	4764	490	–	5254	5312
Dumfries & Galloway	2564	1690	1598	5852	11823	6055	–	17878	23730
East Central Scotland	24534	7051		31585	51218	9672	–	60890	92475
Forth Valley	c	–	–	c	–	–	–	–	c
Highland	1879	1280	1200	4359	749855	–	–	749855	754214
North East Scotland	4950	121	–	5071	136156	4340	–	140496	145567
Orkney & Shetland Islands	1	–	–	1	1145	–	–	1145	1146
Tay area	2650	–	–	2650	10360	2679	–	13039	15689
West Central Scotland	9751	6070	–	15821	123886	13333	–	137219	153040
Scotland	49946	16212	2798	68956	1192594	36569	–	1229163	1298119

1. Ayrshire Authorities also includes Argyll & Bute.

2. Tay Area also includes Forth Valley sand and gravel.

Table 13 Permitted reserves of primary aggregates in active and inactive sites at 31 December 2019 by mineral

Thousand tonnes
Product	Argyll & Bute	Ayrshire Authorities	Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	Dumfries & Galloway	East Central Scotland	Forth Valley	Highland	North East Scotland	Orkney & Shetland Islands	Tay Area	West Central Scotland	Total Scotland
Sand and gravel
Concreting sand	c	2	25	–	1100	–	10	220	–	–	–	1357
Other sand (inc. building & asphalting sand)	c	1	–	1	20124	–	70	240	–	–	–	20436
Total sand	c	3	25	1	21224	–	80	460	–	–	–	21792
Total gravel	c	15	34	1	200	–	–	240	1	–	–	490
Undifferentiated sand & gravel (a)	c	3542	–	5850	10161	c	4279	4371	–	2650	15821	46674
Total sand & gravel - for aggregate	c	3560	58	5852	31585	–	4359	5071	1	2650	15821	68956
Sand & gravel - for non-aggregate use	–	–	–	–	c	–	c	–	–	–	–	23 016
Crushed rock
Total crushed rock – for aggregate	c	103387	5254	17878	60890	–	749855	140496	1145	13039	137219	1229163
- for non-aggregate use	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	c	–	c	–	3068

1. Undifferentiated sand and gravel (a) is not included elsewhere.

2. Total reserves for aggregate use exclude material for non-aggregate use.

3. Ayrshire Authorities also includes Argyll & Bute.

4. Tay Area also includes Forth Valley sand and gravel.

Table 14 Permitted reserves of primary aggregates in active and inactive sites by environmental designation at 31 December 2019

Thousand tonnes
	Argyll & Bute	Ayrshire Authorities	Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	Dumfries & Galloway	East Central Scotland	Forth Valley	Highland	North East Scotland	Orkney & Shetland Islands	Tay Area	West Central Scotland	Total Scotland
Sand and Gravel
All sites	c	3560	58	5852	31585	c	4359	5071	1	2650	15821	68956
National Park	–	–	–	–	–	c	c	–	–	–	–	c
NSA	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
SSSI	–	–	–	–	–	–	c	–	c	–	–	c
NNR	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
SPA and SAC	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	c	–	–	c
Green Belt	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	c	c
Crushed Rock
All sites	c	103387	5254	17878	60890	–	749855	140496	1145	13039	137219	1229163
National Park	–	–	–	–	–	–	c	–	–	–	–	c
NSA	–	–	c	–	–	–	c	–	–	–	–	c
SSSI	–	c	–	–	c	–	c	c	–	–	–	c
NNR	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
SPA and SAC	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	c	–	–	c
Green Belt	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	c	c

1. ‘All sites’ includes sales from all land-based mineral workings producing primary aggregates in 2019.

2. Designations are not mutually exclusive, e.g. Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) may overlap with others, such as National Parks and National Scenic Areas (NSA). Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) and Special Protection Areas (SPA) are also SSSIs. They are sub-sets of SSSIs.

3. Green Belt is a planning policy designation.

4. Some designations may only coincide with a small part of an extant planning permission. However, the total sales for the mineral working are recorded even though there may be no extraction within the designation. The degree of overlap, and the actual or potential impacts of mineral extraction on the conservation interest of the site will vary and are not reflected in the figures.

5. Ayrshire Authorities also includes Argyll & Bute.

6. Tay Area also includes Forth Valley sand and gravel.

Table 15a Sales, reserves and years supply of primary aggregates at 31 December 2019 – sand and gravel

Thousand tonnes
	Sales	Estimated consented reserves	Maximum supply at 2019 sales levels in years	Estimated consented reserves in active sites at end 2019	Maximum supply from active sites at 2019 sales levels in years
Argyll & Bute	c	c	c	c	c
Ayrshire Authorities	290	3 560	12	3 560	12
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	3	58	23	58	23
Dumfries & Galloway	407	5 852	14	2 564	6
East Central Scotland	739	31 585	43	24 534	33
Forth Valley	c	c	c	c	c
Highland	314	4 359	14	1 879	6
North East Scotland	482	5 071	11	4 950	10
Orkney & Shetland Islands	0	1	2	1	2
Tay Area	441	2 650	9	2 650	9
West Central Scotland	1 059	15 821	15	9 751	9
Total aggregates	3 735	68 956	18	49 946	13

1. Ayrshire Authorities also includes Argyll & Bute.

2. Tay Area also includes Forth Valley sand and gravel.

Table 15b Sales, reserves and years supply of primary aggregates at 31 December 2019 – crushed rock

Thousand tonnes
	Sales	Estimated consented reserves	Maximum supply at 2019 sales levels in years	Estimated consented reserves in active sites at end 2019	Maximum supply from active sites at 2019 sales levels in years
Argyll & Bute	c	c	c	c	c
Ayrshire Authorities	2 153	103 387	48	103 387	48
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	229	5 254	23	4 764	21
Dumfries & Galloway	165	17 878	109	11 823	72
East Central Scotland	2 142	60 890	28	51 218	24
Forth Valley	–	–	–	–	–
Highland	7 191	749 855	104	749 855	104
North East Scotland	1 124	140 496	125	136 156	121
Orkney & Shetland Islands	131	1 145	9	1 145	9
Tay Area	434	13 039	30	10 360	24
West Central Scotland	3 477	137 219	39	123 886	36
Total aggregates	17 045	1 229 163	72	1 192 594	70

1. Ayrshire Authorities also includes Argyll & Bute.

Table 16 Total reserves of primary aggregates granted planning permission in 2019

Thousand tonnes
Region	Sand and gravel		Crushed rock		Grand total
	Thousand tonnes	Permissions	Thousand tonnes	Permissions	Thousand tonnes	Permissions
Argyll & Bute	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ayrshire Authorities	–	–	159	2	159	2
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	n/a	3	–	–	n/a	3
Dumfries & Galloway	–	–	718	1	718	1
East Central Scotland	–	–	n/a	5	n/a	5
Forth Valley	–	–	–	–	–	–
Highland	4290	4	8204	4	12494	8
North East Scotland	801	2	7000	3	7801	5
Orkney & Shetland Islands	–	–	1598	3	1598	3
Tay Area	1569	2	–	–	1569	2
West Central Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–
Scotland	6660	11	17679	18	24339	29

1. Sand and gravel also includes sites for sand only.

2. n/a – tonnage not reported.

Table 17 Total quantity of primary aggregates refused planning permission in 2019

Thousand tonnes
Region	Sand and gravel		Crushed rock		Grand total
	Thousand tonnes	Permissions	Thousand tonnes	Permissions	Thousand tonnes	Permissions
Argyll & Bute	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ayrshire Authorities	–	–	–	–	–	–
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dumfries & Galloway	–	–	–	–	–	–
East Central Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–
Forth Valley	–	–	–	–	–	–
Highland	–	–	–	–	–	–
North East Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–
Orkney & Shetland Islands	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tay Area	–	–	–	–	–	–
West Central Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–
Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–

1. This table is intentionally blank due to non-occurrence of the data combination.

Table 18 Total reserves of sand and gravel granted planning permission in 2019 by site type

Thousand tonnes
Region	New quarries		Extensions		Borrow pits
	Thousand tonnes	Permissions	Thousand tonnes	Permissions	Thousand tonnes	Permissions
Argyll & Bute	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ayrshire Authorities	–	–	–	–	–	–
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	–	–	–	–	n/a	3
Dumfries & Galloway	–	–	–	–	–	–
East Central Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–
Forth Valley	–	–	–	–	–	–
Highland	–	–	4210	3	80	1
North East Scotland	631	1	170	1	–	–
Orkney & Shetland Islands	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tay Area	–	–	1569	2	–	–
Scotland	631	1	5949	6	80	4

1. New quarries excludes borrow pits.

2. Extensions include lateral and vertical.

3. n/a – tonnage not reported.

Table 19 Total quantity of sand and gravel refused planning permission in 2019 by site type

Thousand tonnes
Region	New quarries		Extensions		Borrow pits
	Thousand tonnes	Permissions	Thousand tonnes	Permissions	Thousand tonnes	Permissions
Argyll & Bute	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ayrshire Authorities	–	–	–	–	–	–
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dumfries & Galloway	–	–	–	–	–	–
East Central Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–
Forth Valley	–	–	–	–	–	–
Highland	–	–	–	–	–	–
North East Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–
Orkney & Shetland Islands	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tay Area	–	–	–	–	–	–
Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–

1. New quarries excludes borrow pits.

2. Extensions include lateral and vertical.

3. This table is intentionally blank due to non-occurrence of the data combination.

Table 20 Total reserves of crushed rock granted planning permission in 2019 by site type

Thousand tonnes
Region	New quarries		Extensions		Borrow pits
	Thousand tonnes	Permissions	Thousand tonnes	Permissions	Thousand tonnes	Permissions
Argyll & Bute	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ayrshire Authorities	–	–	–	–	159	2
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dumfries & Galloway	–	–	718	1	–	–
East Central Scotland	–	–	–	–	n/a	5
Forth Valley	–	–	–	–	–	–
Highland	–	–	8 204	4	–	–
North East Scotland	410	1	6 590	2	–	–
Orkney & Shetland Islands	–	–	1 598	3	–	–
Tay Area	–	–	–	–	–	–
Scotland	410	1	17 110	10	159	7

1. New quarries excludes borrow pits.

2. Extensions include lateral and vertical.

3. n/a – tonnage not reported.

Table 21 Total quantity of crushed rock refused planning permission in 2019 by site type

Thousand tonnes
Region	New quarries		Extensions		Borrow pits
	Thousand tonnes	Permissions	Thousand tonnes	Permissions	Thousand tonnes	Permissions
Argyll & Bute	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ayrshire Authorities	–	–	–	–	–	–
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dumfries & Galloway	–	–	–	–	–	–
East Central Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–
Forth Valley	–	–	–	–	–	–
Highland	–	–	–	–	–	–
North East Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–
Orkney & Shetland Islands	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tay Area	–	–	–	–	–	–
Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–

1. New quarries excludes borrow pits.

2. Extensions include lateral and vertical.

3. This table is intentionally blank due to non-occurrence of the data combination.

Table 22 Total reserves of sand and gravel granted planning permission in 2019 by environmental designation

Thousand tonnes
Region	National Park		NSA		SPA / SAC
	Thousand tonnes	Permissions	Thousand tonnes	Permissions	Thousand tonnes	Permissions
Argyll & Bute	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ayrshire Authorities	–	–	–	–	–	–
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	–	–	n/a	3	–	–
Dumfries & Galloway	–	–	–	–	–	–
East Central Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–
Forth Valley	–	–	–	–	–	–
Highland	–	–	2 720	1	–	–
North East Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–
Orkney & Shetland Islands	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tay Area	–	–	–	–	–	–
Scotland	–	–	2 720	4	–	–

1. SPA / SAC are a subset of SSSI.

2. n/a – tonnage not reported.

Table 22 continued - Total reserves of sand and gravel granted planning permission in 2019 by environmental designation

Thousand tonnes
Region	SSSI		NNR		Green Belt
	Thousand tonnes	Permissions	Thousand tonnes	Permissions	Thousand tonnes	Permissions
Argyll & Bute	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ayrshire Authorities	–	–	–	–	–	–
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dumfries & Galloway	–	–	–	–	–	–
East Central Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–
Forth Valley	–	–	–	–	–	–
Highland	–	–	–	–	–	–
North East Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–
Orkney & Shetland Islands	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tay Area	–	–	–	–	–	–
Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–

1. Green Belt is a planning policy designation.

Table 23 Total quantity of sand and gravel refused planning permission in 2019 by environmental designation

Thousand tonnes
Region	National Park		NSA		SPA / SAC
	Thousand tonnes	Permissions	Thousand tonnes	Permissions	Thousand tonnes	Permissions
Argyll & Bute	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ayrshire Authorities	–	–	–	–	–	–
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dumfries & Galloway	–	–	–	–	–	–
East Central Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–
Forth Valley	–	–	–	–	–	–
Highland	–	–	–	–	–	–
North East Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–
Orkney & Shetland Islands	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tay Area	–	–	–	–	–	–
Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–

1. SPA / SAC are a subset of SSSI.

2. This table is intentionally blank due to non-occurrence of the data combination.

Table 23 continued - Total quantity of sand and gravel refused planning permission in 2019 by environmental designation

Thousand tonnes
Region	SSSI		NNR		Green Belt
	Thousand tonnes	Permissions	Thousand tonnes	Permissions	Thousand tonnes	Permissions
Argyll & Bute	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ayrshire Authorities	–	–	–	–	–	–
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dumfries & Galloway	–	–	–	–	–	–
East Central Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–
Forth Valley	–	–	–	–	–	–
Highland	–	–	–	–	–	–
North East Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–
Orkney & Shetland Islands	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tay Area	–	–	–	–	–	–
Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–

1. Green Belt is a planning policy designation.

2. This table is intentionally blank due to non-occurrence of the data combination.

Table 24 Total reserves of crushed rock granted planning permission in 2019 by environmental designation

Thousand tonnes
Region	National Park		NSA		SPA / SAC
	Thousand tonnes	Permissions	Thousand tonnes	Permissions	Thousand tonnes	Permissions
Argyll & Bute	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ayrshire Authorities	–	–	–	–	–	–
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dumfries & Galloway	–	–	–	–	–	–
East Central Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–
Forth Valley	–	–	–	–	–	–
Highland	–	–	–	–	–	–
North East Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–
Orkney & Shetland Islands	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tay Area	–	–	–	–	–	–
Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–

1. SPA / SAC are a subset of SSSI.

2. This table is intentionally blank due to non-occurrence of the data combination.

Table 24 continued - Total reserves of crushed rock granted planning permission in 2019 by environmental designation

Thousand tonnes
Region	SSSI		NNR		Green Belt
	Thousand tonnes	Permissions	Thousand tonnes	Permissions	Thousand tonnes	Permissions
Argyll & Bute	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ayrshire Authorities	–	–	–	–	–	–
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dumfries & Galloway	–	–	–	–	–	–
East Central Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–
Forth Valley	–	–	–	–	–	–
Highland	–	–	–	–	–	–
North East Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–
Orkney & Shetland Islands	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tay Area	–	–	–	–	–	–
Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–

1. Green Belt is a planning policy designation.

2. This table is intentionally blank due to non-occurrence of the data combination.

Table 25 Total quantity of crushed rock refused planning permission in 2019 by environmental designation

Thousand tonnes
Region	National Park		NSA		SPA / SAC
	Thousand tonnes	Permissions	Thousand tonnes	Permissions	Thousand tonnes	Permissions
Argyll & Bute	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ayrshire Authorities	–	–	–	–	–	–
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dumfries & Galloway	–	–	–	–	–	–
East Central Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–
Forth Valley	–	–	–	–	–	–
Highland	–	–	–	–	–	–
North East Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–
Orkney & Shetland Islands	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tay Area	–	–	–	–	–	–
Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–

1. SPA / SAC are a subset of SSSI.

2. This table is intentionally blank due to non-occurrence of the data combination.

Table 25 continued - Total quantity of crushed rock refused planning permission in 2019 by environmental designation

Thousand tonnes
Region	SSSI		NNR		Green Belt
	Thousand tonnes	Permissions	Thousand tonnes	Permissions	Thousand tonnes	Permissions
Argyll & Bute	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ayrshire Authorities	–	–	–	–	–	–
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dumfries & Galloway	–	–	–	–	–	–
East Central Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–
Forth Valley	–	–	–	–	–	–
Highland	–	–	–	–	–	–
North East Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–
Orkney & Shetland Islands	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tay Area	–	–	–	–	–	–
Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–

1. Green Belt is a planning policy designation.

2. This table is intentionally blank due to non-occurrence of the data combination.

Table 26 Total quantity of primary aggregates granted or refused permission in 2019 for sites within a development plan allocated area

Thousand tonnes
	Sand and gravel				Crushed rock
	Granted		Refused		Granted		Refused
Region	Thousand tonnes	Permissions	Thousand tonnes	Permissions	Thousand tonnes	Permissions	Thousand tonnes	Permissions
Argyll & Bute	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ayrshire Authorities	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dumfries & Galloway	–	–	–	–	718	1	–	–
East Central Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Forth Valley	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Highland	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
North East Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Orkney & Shetland Islands	–	–	–	–	1 598	3	–	–
Tay Area	1 569	2	–	–	–	–	–	–
Scotland	1 569	2	–	–	2 316	4	–	–

1. Applies to allocated sites preferred areas and areas of search.