The Boral Stockton Quarry, located off Coxs Lane at Fullerton Cove, is one of around 10 similar local operations permitted to remove and process dune sands from within private land.
We currently extract and transport up to 500 000 tonnes of sand product per year at the quarry for use in the building, landscaping and construction markets around the greater Hunter and Port Stephens regions, and as far away as Sydney and the Mid North Coast.
The Stockton Quarry has developed a comprehensive Environmental Management Strategy (EMS), which guides how the multiple environmental requirements of the site are addressed on a day-to-day basis.
The Stockton Sand Quarry was approved by the Minister for Planning in January 2006. The consent (DA 140-6-2005) sets out the operating, environmental and reporting conditions the quarry must comply with throughout its operational life.
The Stockton Quarry approval has been modified two times since its initial granting. You can read through the consolidated consent documentation (to MOD 1) here and (to MOD 2) here.