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Called in: Bolton deprivation justifies major green belt development

25.06.2021

Minister for regional growth Luke Hall has approved plans for a major expansion to an industrial estate on green belt land near Bolton, ruling that the provision of employment land necessary to support the...

Jenrick makes a U-turn on Cumbrian coal mine

12.03.2021

Laura Edgar

Communities secretary Robert Jenrick has decided to call in an application for an underground mine that would be located on a brownfield site south-west of Whitehaven as there have been ‘further developments’.

Council to rethink approval for Cumbrian coal mine

10.02.2021

Laura Edgar

Cumbria County Council will reconsider its approval of a new underground mine to be located on a brownfield site south-west of Whitehaven.

SoS opts not to call in Cumbrian coal mine proposal

08.01.2021

Laura Edgar

Housing and communities secretary Robert Jenrick has not decided not to call in an application for a new underground mine to be located on a brownfield site south-west of Whitehaven. The decision has been criticised by environmental campaigners.

Council approves Cumbrian underground mine

05.10.2020

Laura Edgar

Cumbria County Council’s regulation committee has granted planning permission for a new underground mine to be located on a brownfield site south-west of Whitehaven.

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

15.09.2020

Laura Edgar

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

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

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

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