coal mine

News in brief: Partnership set up for small builders; Team appointed for West Midlands plan

15.09.2020

Laura Edgar

black country | coal mine | Friends of the Earth | Heritage | homes england | Regeneration | renewable energy | trafford | UK

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 15 September, 2020
Called-in: Communities secretary blocks opencast mine for second time

11.09.2020

Matt Moody

called-in decision | coal mine | Environmental | mining | North East | NPPF | open cast | Planning Law

Robert Jenrick has rejected plans for a coal mine near the Northumberland coast for a second time, citing changes to the NPPF that had been implemented since the High Court quashed his predecessor Sajid...
Planetarium project proposed for Welsh colliery site

29.03.2019

Roger Milne

coal mine | Cymru | Leisure & Tourism | Regeneration

Ambitious plans for a major planetarium project capable of seating hundreds of people have been unveiled for a former colliery in South Wales.
Wales round-up: Carbon-cutting blueprint published; Go-ahead for multimillion-pound adventure resort in Afan Valley

22.03.2019

Roger Milne

Climate Change | coal mine | Cymru | greenhouse gases | Leisure & Tourism | Swansea Bay

A round-up of planning news in Wales: 16 March-22 March, 2019
Welsh opencast mine appeal thrown out by inspectorate

24.09.2018

Laura Edgar

Caerphilly | coal mine | Cymru | Minerals | opencast mine | Planning Inspectorate

The Planning Inspectorate has closed an appeal against Caerphilly County Borough Council’s decision to refuse the Nant Llesg opencast development in Rhymeny.