The “first skirmish” in the Coal Mine Public Inquiry played out at the (virtual) Case Conference on Monday 7th June. The Planning Inspector, Mr Stephen Normington, listened to the views of the main parties on procedures and main issues for the Inquiry. One key “takeaway” from a SLACC perspective is that we are lucky to …
You may have heard the news that Cumbria County Council has withdrawn it’s support for the Coal Mine proposed by West Cumbria Mining, although they have really taken a neutral stand.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 …
A paper arguing that “Cumbria is one place that could really benefit from a green recovery plan” has been published in “Inside Track”, the blog on environmental policy and politics hosted by the Green alliance. By Nick Robins, professor in practice for sustainable finance at the LSE’s Grantham Research Institute, and Ciara Shannon, director of EdenWorks …
