Government accepts “error in law” on coal mine decision!

The Secretary of State (SoS) of Levelling Up Housing and Communities (LUHC) has accepted that there was an “error in Law” in the previous decision to grant planning permission for the mine. The Government will therefore not be defending the decision, made in December 2022, to grant planning permission for the new mine, and will

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Hearing will be in the High Court 16th- 18th July 2024

You have probably already heard that the dates for our Hearing in the coal mine are now fixed. The CrowdJustice page is open and the donations have reached £41,606, moving towards our £60,000 target. Thank you to all who have donated and spread the word to others. This case offers a “greenwashing” pretence/excuse for new

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SLACC’s campaign to stop the coal mine continues into 2024!

Despite Michael Gove’s approval of the new Cumbrian coal mine in December 2022, there has been no start on the Whitehaven site, and no Court Hearing of our legal challenge against Gove’s decision. This timeline produced by Coal Action Network starts from 2014 and includes the main action in 2023. We now expect a High

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Legal Team working towards challenge of Coal Mine decision

. Today,  23rd December 2022, SLACC’s legal team have sent a pre-action letter to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up Housing and Communities. This is not a definite commitment to submit a legal challenge. Technically, the challenge is called a “Statutory Review” , not a Judicial Review and certainly not an “Appeal” as some

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