HYTHE qUARRY

Forest Lodge (Hythe) Quarry was Identified in the Hampshire Minerals and Waste Plan (2013) as ‘the best option for continuing a local supply of soft sand and sharp sand and gravel from this part of south Hampshire’.

Planning permission for mineral extraction and restoration was granted in March 2017 and quarrying commenced in August 2018. The quarry is split into three phases and is planned to be completed by 2028.

TJ are proud members of the Mineral Products Association (MPA), ensuring our core values and best practice aligns with quarry operators all around the UK. This is embodied by the company’s slogan: ‘Excellence. Delivered safely’.

Why is sand used for cattle bedding?

• Sand provides a higher level of comfort for cows, so lying times are greater, which leads to increased milk yields
• It generally gives less hock damage to cows than mattresses as there is less chafing
• It allows urine to drain away, sparing you the wet sponge effect you can get with straw yards
• Sand is easier to handle than straw
• Sand will go through the slurry pump with ease
• Cows are kept cleaner for the milking parlour, reducing further clean-up time and costs
  
  

Sports surfacing

Our sand is used widely for sports surfacing. It is utilised in the equestrian world for surfacing racing tracks and menages; it is laid to protect the membrane that covers the drainage bed. Our cleaned and screened sand is ideal for this use as it will not cause high dust levels.

Hythe sand is also used on golf courses to create bunkers. We’ve worked on several golf course projects in recent years, some of which are still on-going. These include improvement work at Stoneham Golf Club, Skylark Golf & Country Club and Littlehampton Golf Club.

House building

As well as being used to make building materials, our sand is also utilised in different ways within the house building sector. We can supply building sands as well as sand suitable for making mortar.

Builders sand is generally used to provide bulk to construction materials like asphalt and concrete. As building sand is fine it can be used in many ways including pointing applications, plastering and general building usage.

Mortar is used for internal and external bricklaying. To create mortar, sand is mixed with masonry cement or Portland cement and lime and is used in masonry construction.

Utility

Sand is widely used in the utility sector as its properties provide the ideal environment for bedding pipes. Sand is laid beneath and around gas, electricity and water infrastructure to protect them, hold them in place and allow effective drainage.

environment

We recognise that concern for the environment should be an integral and fundamental part of our business. We are aware of the impact of our day-to-day operations on the environment; our objective is to balance the need to achieve our business aims with an effort towards sustainable environmental improvement, which can be measured and monitored on a regular basis.

Company management have specific responsibility for policy development, coordination and evaluation of performance. The Environmental Policy will be maintained and upheld by the designated managers to meet commitment. Environmental aspects of our processes and activities will be effectively managed in order to protect the health and safety of employees, customers and the public whilst contributing to the future well being of the environment.

We will undertake to provide the necessary training and support to all employees to ensure that they understand and are able to fulfil the relevant aspects of the Policy in their day-to-day work. The Policy shall be publicly available. We are committed to minimising the impact of our operations on the environment by means of a programme of continuous improvement and in particular will:

• Set clear objectives and targets with the aim of ensuring continual improvement of the Company’s environmental performance and management system.
• Conduct our operations to ensure compliance with all relevant environmental legislation.
• Show a continual commitment to the prevention of pollution through the use of operational controls, training and risk assessment.
• Make efficient use of resources, reuse rather than dispose where possible and promote the use of recycled materials.
• Improve waste management and reduce waste to landfill where possible.
• Continually aim to minimise energy consumption through effective energy management.
• Reduce wherever practicable the level of uncontrolled atmospheric emissions.
• Manage and control effluent discharges arising from our operations.
• Appropriate resources will continually be made available to ensure that the Environmental Policy is implemented in full through managerial vigilance and regular auditing and review.