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Banks Mining seek permission to dig Shotton Triangle

Company submits planning application for additional coal extraction area at Shotton surface mine

PLANS to mine around 290,000 additional tonnes of coal at a North East surface mine which have been submitted for consideration by Northumberland County Council. Banks Mining are looking to work an additional area on the western side of their existing Shotton surface mine, which it has named Shotton Triangle.

Running concurrently with the existing site, extraction at Shotton Triangle would take two years from commencement to completion and no overall extension of time would be required, with restoration of the entire Shotton site still scheduled to be carried out by October 2019.

 

Late last year Banks held a public exhibition to discuss their plans with local people, and a high degree of positive feedback was received about the local employment, economic and social benefits they could facilitate.

Mark Dowdall, Banks’ environment and community director, said: ‘The discussions we’ve had with local people and community leaders about this project have been very encouraging, and the enduring positive impact it would have in terms of local employment, supply chain support, community funding and environmental improvements have been widely appreciated.’

A decision on the planning application is expected later this year.

 

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