Cumbria Coal Mine Campaign

You may have heard the news that Cumbria County Council has withdrawn it’s support for the Coal Mine proposed by West Cumbria Mining, although they have really taken a neutral stand. Well done to all the people who submitted their views to the Planning Inspectorate for the Public Inquiry. Some objectors have sent SLACC a […]

Cumbria County Council officers have to submit their “Statement of Case” for the Public Inquiry on the coal mine by the 6th May. What position will they take? Will they accept that net zero steel making by 2035 in the UK means that there is no future for West Cumbria Mining? Or that the sulphur

The hearing for the Public Inquiry on the Coal Mine will open on the 7th September 2021 and will last for several weeks. SLACC intends to get involved in the Inquiry, and is currently considering what issues to pursue, and what evidence/ expert witnesses to involve. Some other organisations are likely to get involved too.

Robert Jenrick, Secretary of State (SoS) for Housing Communities and Local Government, has at last taken the responsible decision and “called in” the Coal Mine to determine it himself. At 18.20 today (Thursday 11th March) SLACC’s lawyers, Richard Buxton Solicitors, were sent a copy of Jenrick’s letter to Cumbria County Council, and a reply to

Last Friday (5th March) West Cumbria Mining lodged formal papers with the High Court to challenge Cumbria CC’s decision to refer the planning application back to the Development Control and Regulation (DC&R) Committee. This looks like a desperate attempt by West Cumbria Mining (WCM) to avoid the Council properly considering new information about the climate