Visit our new venue and climate hub at The Eddington on Tuesday 12th November for a presentation by Joe Human reflecting on 40 years since the Ethiopia Famine and the implications of future famines as a result of climate change. This event coincides with the 40th anniversary of Cumbria Development Education Centre. Arrive at 6.45 […]
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West Cumbria Mining is NOT conceding defeat. It has confirmed that it will defend it’s planning permission, in the High Court from the 16th to 18th July. SLACC and FOE will , of course, continue as well. Lawyers for the Government will be present in Court to answer questions from the Judge, but will not defend
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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
Government accepts “error in law” on coal mine decision! Read More »
Congratulations to Sarah Finch and the Weald Action Group who have just won their case at the Supreme Court. They had challenged Surrey CC’s consent for a new oil well at Horse Hill near Gatwick Airport on the grounds that the greenhouse gas emissions from burning that oil had not been taken into account. SLACC
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After 5 years of campaigning it’s suddenly all happening at once! The Hearing for our legal challenge starts at the Royal Courts of Justice on the 16th July, but a new Government is likely to be in place on the 5th July. This is unlikely to significantly change the Hearing and it’s immediate outcome, but
Things are “hotting up” in every sense. Read More »
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
Hearing will be in the High Court 16th- 18th July 2024 Read More »
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
SLACC’s campaign to stop the coal mine continues into 2024! Read More »
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
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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
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. 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
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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
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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
Coal Mine Decision Delayed Read More »
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
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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
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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 »
It is 40 years since the Ehiopia famine and also 40 years since Cumbria Development Educations Centre was established. Book by following this link
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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 »
