DRURIDGE BAY SAVED FROM OPENCAST COAL— Coal Action Network (@CoalActionUK) September 9, 2020
HUGE THANK YOU to grassroots campaigners in Northumberland!
BLOG HERE https://t.co/72WvpQ5Og7 pic.twitter.com/l9Ov9OAepw
In 2016, Northumberland County Council gave permission for Banks Mining to extract 3 million tonnes of coal near Druridge Bay on the North East coast. In 2018, following a public inquiry, plans for the opencast pit were rejected. This decision was then challenged, but the Secretary of State has now concluded:
...the proposed development is not likely to provide national, local or community benefits which clearly outweigh its likely impacts...
Victory takes time. But after 5 years of emails, meetings, letters to councillors, rallies, beach parties with @BillOddie & direct action, we've finally saved Druridge Bay from an opencast coal mine.— Guy Shrubsole (@guyshrubsole) September 8, 2020
This is the end of coal in the UK. @SaveDruridge https://t.co/T1mugDiaFN pic.twitter.com/hMiIj0K8EY
Robert Jenrick, the communities secretary, concluded that the proposals would have “an adverse impact on landscape character of substantial significance” https://t.co/9ICrnxEVrJ— The Times (@thetimes) September 9, 2020
