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Variation of Conditions 2 & 4 of planning permission of CL/97/0265 (Extraction of coal at Wilsontown) to permit: (1) Ext. of time to complete opencast coal operations (2) Alts. to site and extraction boundaries, depth of excavation & tonnage of coal to be extracted (3) Removal of secondary deposits of sand & gravel aggregate.

Wilsontown Opencast Coal Site Adjacent To B7016 Wilsontown By Forth, Lanarkshire

DecidedReference: CL/08/0011South Lanarkshire

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Application summary

Status
Decided
Application type
Mineral application
Received
19 Dec 2007
Validated
11 Jan 2008
Determination deadline
2 May 2008
Local authority
South Lanarkshire

Application overview

Variation of Conditions 2 & 4 of planning permission of CL/97/0265 (Extraction of coal at Wilsontown) to permit: (1) Ext. of time to complete opencast coal operations (2) Alts. to site and extraction boundaries, depth of excavation & tonnage of coal to be extracted (3) Removal of secondary deposits of sand & gravel aggregate.

Proposal details

Reference
CL/08/0011
Ward
02 Clydesdale North
Agent
HG Planning

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Application location

Wilsontown Opencast Coal Site Adjacent To B7016 Wilsontown By Forth, Lanarkshire

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R - supporting information - environmental impact assessment_vpdfP-R-Supporting Information · PDF1 Dec 2011View
R - wilsontown revised surface mine - planning statement_vpdfP-R-Supporting Information · PDF10 Oct 2011View
R - conditional planning permission_vpdfP-R-Application Mail · PDF16 Aug 2011View
R - application formP-R-Application Form · PDF14 Jan 2011View
R - correspondence from jwh rossP-R-Application Mail · PDF13 Jan 2011View
Location planP-Plans · PDF12 Jan 2011View
Location planP-Plans · PDF12 Jan 2011View
Proposal of application noticeP-Application Mail · PDF12 Jan 2011View
Location planP-Plans · PDF12 Jan 2011View
Location planP-Plans · PDF12 Jan 2011View
Newspaper advert - lanark gazetteP-Application Mail · PDF12 Jan 2011View
Supporting information - revised surface mining schemeP-Supporting Information · PDF12 Jan 2011View
Important notes for applicantP-Application Mail1 Jul 2009View
Decision notice - grant conditional planning permissionP-Application Mail1 Jul 2009View

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Decision & conditions

Application approved
Decision notice - grant conditional planning permission
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