You have probably heard that the “rolled up” hearing of our legal challenge of Michael Gove’s decision to approve the new coal mine at Whitehaven is scheduled for 3 days in October. It will be heard at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. There are 3 possibilities: a) the Court will decide there is …
South Lakes Action on Climate Change (SLACC) today (17th May) welcomed a ruling from High Court judge Mrs Justice Thornton DBE, which means that the two legal challenges to the decision of the Secretary of State to grant permission for a new coal mine at Whitehaven, Cumbria will go forward to a three-day hearing in …
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Its the 3rd of January 2023, and SLACC has been fighting the proposed coal mine at Whitehaven for 4 years! It looks as if this will continue into 2023 , but we should take a moment to say thank you to everyone who has helped us get to this point. What an amazing bunch of …
. 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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4 years ago when SLACC started to oppose this mine, it was hard to get anyone interested. Today we are told it could cause a new Tory split. The truth about this coal, that the UK Steel industry don’t need or want it is on Channel 4, and experts around the world know how much …
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) issued a new deadline for their decision on the coal mine proposed at Whitehaven. It will now be “on or before 8th December”. It is possible but unlikely that Michael Gove, back in the job as Minister for DLUHC, is seriously considering refusal. However this morning …
We were expecting a decision on the Cumbria Coal Mine on or before the 7th July but, at 3.30 pm on the 6th, received an email from the department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC) saying the decision would be delayed. The reason for the delay got clearer as the day progressed! Today, on …
SLACC Trustees and our legal team are still waiting for news from Manchester High Court. A decision as to whether or not SLACC could proceed to challenge Michael Gove’s decision to approve the Whitehaven coal mine had been expected in early March. But we have not heard yet. The Court first makes a decision simply …
On 13 January South Lakes Action on Climate Change [SLACC] lodged papers at the High Court in Manchester launching a legal challenge to the UK government’s recent decision to grant planning permission for a new coal mine in Cumbria.
SLACC Trustees made an unanimous decision yesterday (8th January) to ask our legal team to challenge the decision of the Secretary of State for Levelling Up Housing and Communities to grant planning permission for the Whitehaven Coal mine to go ahead. We believe there is a strong legal case against the interpretation of planning law* …
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