Rejection of plans for the Dewley Hill opencast mine would be “a devastating blow” for a nearby brickmaker. Joe Hudson, chief executive officer of Ibstock Brick, has urged councillors to support proposals for the Banks Group’s surface mine ahead of a hearing later this week. Newcastle City Council’s planning committee will meet on Friday morning to decide whether or not the hugely controversial mine can go ahead, and city planners have advised that it should be refused permission as it “cannot be considered ‘environmentally acceptable’”. But Mr Hudson has warned that rejection would be deeply damaging to the nearby Throckley Brickworks, which could benefit from around 400,000 tonnes of fireclay that could be extracted from the green belt land alongside 800,000 tonnes of coal.
Newcastle brickworks warns of devastating blow if Dewley Hill opencast coal mine plans rejected
Newcastle City Council’s planning committee will meet on Friday morning to decide whether or not the hugely controversial plans for a surface mine in the outer west of the city can go ahead
16:00, 16 DEC 2020
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REJECTION of plans for an opencast mine on the outskirts of Newcastle would be “a devastating blow” for a nearby brickmaker. Joe Hudson, chief executive officer of Ibstock Brick, has urged councillors to support proposals for the Banks Group’s surface mine at Dewley Hill ahead of a hearing later this week. Newcastle City Council’s planning committee will meet on Friday morning to decide whether or not the hugely controversial mine can go ahead, and city planners have advised that it should be refused permission as it “cannot be considered ‘environmentally acceptable’”. But Mr Hudson has warned that rejection would be deeply damaging to the nearby Throckley Brickworks, which could benefit from around 400,000 tonnes of fireclay that could be extracted from the green belt land alongside 800,000 tonnes of coal.