Yes, we deliver the CR450 crusher to Market Drayton. From our yard at Ford it's about 30 miles, heading out past Shrewsbury and then north-east on the A53 through Shawbury and Hodnet. We drop the machine at your site, go through how to use it safely and fetch it at the end.
- From our yard
- About 30 miles · 45 mins
- Route
- A458 and A5 past Shrewsbury, a short stretch of the A49, then the A53 via Shawbury and Hodnet
- Council
- Shropshire Council
- Waste regulator
- Environment Agency
How does food manufacturing shape crushing work in Market Drayton?
Few towns this size have so much of their economy tied to food. The town council lists Müller Dairy, Pork Farms (Palethorpes), Culina distribution and Joules Brewery among its major employers. Müller's site opened in 1992 and is the headquarters of Müller Yogurt & Desserts, and it gained planning permission to expand in spring 2025. Tern Valley Business Park, with three phases complete and a fourth planned, also houses Addo Food Group and Cranage EMC Testing.
Food plants and distribution depots depend on a lot of concrete: service yards, lorry parks, loading aprons and the slabs under chilled stores. As those surfaces crack under heavy traffic, they are broken out and relaid. Crushing the old slab beside the job means the contractor has a ready supply of sub-base and far less material leaving the site by lorry.
What homes make up Market Drayton today?
Across the two town wards, the 2021 census counts 6,341 households. Detached homes are the biggest group at 39.4%, followed by semis at 36.2%, with terraces at just 14.8%. The East ward leans most towards detached houses at 45.6%, while the West ward is mainly semi-detached at 40.8%. Almost every one of those houses has a concrete drive, a garage base or a patio.
The newest streets lie between the old town and the A53 bypass. Rush Lane West started with a first phase of 46 homes, and in December 2022 Barratt David Wilson applied to build 64 more as a second phase. David Wilson's development The Damsons was marketing homes in 2024 and 2025. Groundworks on estates like these turn up plenty of broken concrete and hardstanding during site preparation.
Why is so much of Market Drayton timber-framed?
In 1651 a great fire destroyed most of the town, and it was rebuilt in half-timber. Cotton's House on Shropshire Street, from around 1600, is one of the few buildings older than the fire. Sandbrook Vaults dates from 1653, just two years after it. The town now has 80 listed buildings, four of them Grade II*, mixing that post-fire timber framing with later Georgian red brick.
For anyone working in the centre, that heritage matters. Outbuildings, yard walls and rear extensions behind the main streets may be listed or sit within a protected setting, and the Canal Basin area has been a conservation area since 1989. Speak to Shropshire Council before demolishing anything old. Once consent is clear, the 970mm-wide CR450 can often fit into a rear yard that a larger machine couldn't reach.
Where is Market Drayton set to grow next?
Shropshire's SAMDev plan gives the town a guideline of around 1,200 dwellings for 2006 to 2026 and directs future growth to the north, because the Tern Valley to the south is valued for its landscape. Allocated sites include Rush Lane West (110 homes), Rush Lane East (214, with flood mitigation and a possible new access onto the A53) and Croft Way and Greenfields Lane (76). Employment land north of the A53 includes the Müller core and extension sites and Sych Farm phase 2.
The county's draft Local Plan to 2038 was withdrawn in July 2025, and the new plan to 2046 was only at scoping stage in 2026. Clive Barracks at Tern Hill, about three miles away, is due to be vacated: a 2024 statement by the MoD and council gave closure works from 2028 and disposal in 2030. The housing allocation proposed there was in the withdrawn plan, so it has no current plan status.
What flood and ground risks should Market Drayton builders plan for?
Water is the main constraint. The River Tern bounds the town to the south, and the council's Strategic Flood Risk Assessment notes that the Shropshire Union Canal is perched above parts of the town, with a risk of overtopping or breach. A small watercourse also runs through the north of the town and joins the canal. Check the flood maps for your plot before you plan a new base or dig out a slab.
Planning policy reflects this. SAMDev requires flood mitigation on the Rush Lane East site and a flood risk assessment on Sych Farm phase 2. Where a job means lifting old hardstanding near the canal or the Tern, crushing it on site and reusing it within the same footprint cuts the number of vehicle trips in and out of sensitive ground.
What do people crush in Market Drayton?
Relaying a food-industry yard
Units at Tern Valley Business Park and on the Sych Farm employment land carry heavy lorry traffic. When cracked yard slabs are broken out, the CR450 can turn them into sub-base for the new surface on the same site.
Replacing a family drive
With three in four Market Drayton homes detached or semi-detached, concrete drives and garage bases are the everyday job. Crush the old drive to size and use it straight back under the new paving.
Farmyard concrete on dairy holdings
On farms around the town, old yard and slurry-area concrete gets broken out whenever buildings and yards are upgraded. Crushed on the farm, it makes useful hardcore for tracks and new yard bases.
Site preparation north of the town
Groundworkers on the Rush Lane and Greenfields Lane sites clear old hardstanding and structures before the roads go in. Crushing that material provides hardcore for haul roads and working platforms without importing stone.
Do you need a permit to crush concrete in Market Drayton?
Crushing concrete, brick or tile with a machine is a regulated activity, even on your own site, and on a self-hire the person running the crusher is treated as the operator. Before you start, contact Shropshire Council. The council decides whether the job needs a mobile plant (Part B) permit, or whether it is small enough to register a T7 exemption with them instead.
Reusing the crushed material on the same site is normally covered by a U1 exemption, registered with the Environment Agency, which has charged for exemptions in England since July 2025. Keep asbestos, plastics, timber and metal out of the feed. We’re happy to talk it through when you book, but the council has the final say.
Where around Market Drayton do we deliver?
- Tern Hill
- Stoke upon Tern
- Hodnet
- Hinstock
- Child's Ercall
- Cheswardine
- Sutton upon Tern
- Moreton Say
- Adderley
- Norton in Hales
- Woore
- Buntingsdale
- Loggerheads
- Ashley
