Yes, we deliver the Dragon Equipment CR450 self-hire crusher anywhere in Telford. Our yard at Ford is about 22 miles away, most of it on the M54, so it's a straightforward run. We drop it on site, show you how to run it and collect it when you're done.
- From our yard
- About 22 miles · 30 mins
- Route
- A458 and A5 to the M54, junctions 6 to 4
- Council
- Telford & Wrekin Council
- Waste regulator
- Environment Agency
Why does crushing on site suit Telford?
Telford started life as Dawley New Town in 1963 and was renamed in 1968. Most of it was built in a hurry by the Development Corporation, and a lot of that building was concrete: estate roads, parking courts, garage blocks, footpaths and the drives of tens of thousands of new homes. Much of it is now 50 to 60 years old, and it comes up in big, clean, crushable slabs.
It's also one of the fastest-growing places in the region. The borough's population grew 11.4% between the 2011 and 2021 censuses, against 6.2% across the West Midlands. More homes mean more extensions, new drives and groundworks, and all of them produce hard waste that is cheaper to crush and reuse than to cart away.
What is Telford's housing stock made of?
There are really two Telfords. The older towns and industrial villages, such as Wellington, Oakengates, Dawley, Madeley and the Ironbridge Gorge settlements, are brick-built, with boundary walls, outbuildings and yards that have been patched with concrete for generations.
Around them sit the Corporation estates. Sutton Hill (1,233 houses, built 1966 to 1969), Woodside (1968 to 1973) and the early phases of Brookside were laid out on the Radburn principle, with footpaths kept apart from roads and cars grouped into shared parking courts and garage blocks. Stirchley and Hollinswood followed with cul-de-sacs, and Leegomery (1,059 homes) and Shawbirch were among the last schemes around 1980. The 2021 census counts roughly 53,000 detached and semi-detached households in the borough, and the concrete drive and garage base are standard on most of them.
What building work is coming to Telford?
The Telford & Wrekin Local Plan Review sets a requirement of 20,680 homes between 2021 and 2041, about 1,034 a year. Inspectors found it sound subject to modifications in June 2026, and the council is working towards adoption by the end of 2026. It proposes three large new communities: Bratton (2,100 homes), land north east of Muxton (2,850) and Wheat Leasows north of the A442 (3,100).
Closer to the centre, the £220m Station Quarter scheme is redeveloping brownfield land that was once 1980s office blocks. In south Telford, Woodside, Brookside and Sutton Hill are the focus of a £30m, ten-year Pride in Place programme announced in 2025, with spending priorities still being set. Every one of these projects involves breaking out old hard surfaces, and a compact crusher lets that material go straight back into the job.
What should you know about ground and access in Telford?
Telford is built on old coalfield. When the new town was planned, about 41% of its area, mostly around Dawley, was affected by shallow mining, spoil heaps or unstable ground, and 1,295 mine shafts had been treated by 1983. If you're breaking out a slab on older ground, it's worth knowing what is underneath before you dig deeper than the concrete.
The Ironbridge Gorge is a World Heritage Site with a long history of landslips. The council has spent more than £33m stabilising it, and most of the Severn Gorge Conservation Area is covered by an Article 4 Direction. Work that could affect land stability there needs planning approval, so check with Telford & Wrekin Council first. Where work is allowed, crushing on site means fewer skip lorries on the Gorge's narrow roads.
Why do Telford's industrial estates matter for crusher hire?
Manufacturing makes up more than a fifth of the borough's economic output, the largest share in the West Midlands. The council's inward-investment team names automotive, advanced engineering, agri-tech and food and drink among its strengths, with firms such as Denso, Borgers and Polytec. That work runs across Stafford Park by junction 4 of the M54, Hortonwood north of the town centre and Halesfield in the south.
All that industry sits on concrete: loading bays, yard slabs, service roads and the bases of old plant. When a unit changes hands, a line is reorganised or a yard is extended, the damaged hardstanding can be crushed in the yard and put back as sub-base under the new surface. It also saves sending wagons of broken concrete out through estate traffic and bringing more wagons of stone back in.
What do people crush in Telford?
Garage courts and parking areas
The Radburn estates at Sutton Hill, Woodside and Brookside put cars and garages into shared courts. When a garage block comes down or a court is resurfaced, the old slab crushes into sub-base for the new surface on the same site.
Drives on the Corporation estates
Across Stirchley, Hollinswood, Leegomery and Shawbirch, original 1970s and 1980s drives are reaching the end of their life. Break the old one out, crush it to size and lay it straight back as the base for block paving or resin.
Yard slabs on the industrial estates
Stafford Park, Hortonwood and Halesfield are full of concrete yards and loading areas. A refit or a change of tenant is a good time to crush damaged hardstanding and reuse it under the new surface.
Old-town walls and outbuildings
In Wellington, Oakengates, Dawley and Madeley, crumbling brick outbuildings and boundary walls are common. Crush the brick and concrete into hardcore for a new base or path, rather than filling skips on a terraced street.
Do you need a permit to crush concrete in Telford?
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 Telford & Wrekin 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 Telford do we deliver?
- Wellington
- Oakengates
- Madeley
- Dawley
- Ironbridge
- Coalbrookdale
- Hadley
- Donnington
- Priorslee
- Lawley
- Ketley
- Leegomery
- Brookside
- Sutton Hill
- Muxton
- Newport
