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A High Court judge has upheld the legal challenge from operators Banks Mining to the government’s decision to refuse permission for the opencast coal mine in Northumberland.
Druridge Bay is again under threat from an opencast coal mine. The High Court has upheld a challenge against the government’s refusal of planning permission in this Northumberland beauty spot.
The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Sajid Javid, today announced his decision to reject plans for an opencast coal mine at Druridge Bay, on the Northumberland coast.