On Tuesday 1st November Northumberland County Council Planning Committee approved our planning application to extract 5.8 million tonnes of sand and gravel over a 25-year period from Anick Grange Haugh near Hexham.

We have spent a number of years and employed leading experts to create an application that addressed all the potential issues around the proposed sand and gravel extraction, also working with local environmental groups to ensure the final restoration programme will create a useful community asset, following the extraction of the material, the site shall be restored to create a lake and associated wetlands.

Sand, gravel, crushed stone and recycled concrete are the basic building blocks required in any construction project – including those promised as part of the Government’s levelling-up agenda.

Anick Grange will ensure a reliable source of these materials for Northumberland and Tyne & Wear, without having to transport them from further afield.