West Cumbria Mining is NOT pursuing their planning application for a coal mine at Whitehaven Cumbria. The Government gave them an opportunity to submit more information following the quashing of their previous permission, but their lawyers failed to respond to the February deadline. In response to an extended deadline of 26th March their lawyers (Ward […]
COAL MINE APPLICATION WITHDRAWN Read More »
SLACC lawyers have today written to the Planning Casework Unit , the department that is managing the coal mine planning application for Angela Rayner, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). On the 6th February 2025 the PCU had sent a letter , called a “Rule 19 letter” to
SLACC completes submission to the Government Read More »
Angela Rayner, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, recently started the process of actuallly deciding whether West Cumbria Mining’s palnning permission should be given permission again, even though the Decision to Approve that her predecessor, Michael Gove made in December 2022 ws “quashed” by the High Court in September 2024. This is
SLACC’s legal team are busy again! Read More »
West Cumbria Mining LTD has NOT tried to Appeal against September’s High Court Judgment quashing their planning permission. The Coal Authority also published a damning report on why the licenses for the mine were also refused. The government is now in charge of the planning application, which was first submitted in 2017, and will set
Game OVER – we hope. Read More »
Just in case you were wondering ! South Lakes Action on Climate Change and Friends of the Earth are still waiting for Mr Justice Holgate’s decision on our Statutory Review of the 2022 planning consent for the Cumbria coal mine. We think it very likely that it will be announced before the end of September,
Still Waiting for High Court Decision Read More »
After two and half days, the Hearing on our Coal Mine legal challenge is over. Maggie Mason, Henry Adams and Chris Rowley travelled to London , and attended the Royal Courts of Justice for the entire Hearing. Other supporters joined us for all or part of the time, and there was a good presence on
High Court Hearing is Over! Read More »
