Minerals Planning – Coal and Energy
Heaton Planning provide minerals planning guidance and advice to a number of coal producing companies in the UK, successfully obtaining planning permission for new coal surface mine sites, extensions to existing coal surface mine sites and deep mine coal workings, and for the disposal of colliery spoil. We have also obtained planning permission for a clean coal technology power station development and are currently in the process of securing permission for the required infrastructure to facilitate this. Heaton Planning has also acted on behalf of Lincolnshire County Council in the project management and recommendation to Council members of a planning application for an underground gas storage facility.
In providing minerals planning guidance and advice for coal and related developments Heaton Planning pay full regard to the minerals planning guidance provided at the national level in Minerals Planning Guidance Note 3 (MPG3) ‘Coal and Colliery Spoil Disposal’ and in particular the tests set out in paragraph 8.
Relevant experience where we have provided minerals planning advice and guidance on coal extraction and energy related developments include:
Surface Mine Projects
Forward Planning – Representations to policy approach and the promotion of surface and deep mined coal sites in Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, and Warwickshire
Cutacre Surface Mine, Bolton – Permitted
Long Moor Surface Mine, Leicestershire – Permitted
Oxcroft Coal Disposal Point, Derbyshire – Permitted
Butterwell Coal Disposal Point, Northumberland – Application pending determination
Hirwaun Coneyor Site, South Wales – Site Appraisal
Deep Mining and Associated Development
Kellingley Colliery, North Yorkshire – extension to deep mine coal reserves – Permitted
Maltby Colliery, Rotherham – extension to deep mine coal reserves – Permitted
Hatfield Colliery, Doncaster – Colliery re-development, underground coal working, spoil disposal, new winding tower – Permitted and Ongoing
Coalfield Regeneration
New M18 Link Road – Hatfield, Doncaster – Permitted
Power Park – Business Park – Hatfield, Doncaster – Permitted
Business Park adjacent to Motorway Service Area – Hatfield, Doncaster – Permitted
430MW Clean Coal Power Station – Hatfield, Doncaster – Permitted
900MW Clean Coal Power Station with CCS – Hatfield Doncaster – Permitted
Stainforth Marina – Hatfield, Doncaster – Application pending determination
Strategic scale mixed use development – Clowne, Bolsover – land identified as a preferred option
Oil, Gas and Coalbed Methane
Welton Oil Gathering Centre, Lincolnshire – Provision of advice and case management to Lincolnshire County Council for a underground gas storage scheme.
Welton Oil Gathering Centre, Lincolnshire – Provision of advice and case management to Lincolnshire County Council for a new gas pipeline.