The former coal mine at Stillingfleet, which closed in 2004
A PLAN to create an industrial waste recycling centre on the site of a former coal mine that should have been returned to farm fields has been overwhelmingly rejected.
North Yorkshire County councillors dismissed the scheme by UK Coal’s successor firm Harworth Estates at Stillingfleet, near York, after hearing a welter of objections over health, impact on residents and road safety grounds alongside a raft of accusations against the authority’s planning department.
After the vote, Stillingfleet councillor Richard Musgrave said he was thrilled with the decision as it had lifted a cloud of uncertainty that had hung for many years over residents of several villages.