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ENVIRONMENTAL activists’ pleas for work to stop on a delivery giant’s £60m parcel hub after thousands of tons of coal was removed have been dismissed by Barnsley Council.
Work has already started on delivery giant Hermes’ £60m project off Tankersley Lane in Hoyland, which is set to become Europe’s largest parcel distribution hub.
Planning reports revealed the 46-hectare site had been the location of extensive opencast mining - which started in the 1940s - but campaigners urged the local authority to step in after HGVs were witnessed removing an estimated 30,000 tons of coal.
Campaigners from action group Rebuilding Environment and Community in Hoyland (REACH) urged an immediate stop notice to be issued as a result over worries that the coal would be burnt, exacerbating concerns over the borough’s climate emergency.