IMPORTANT UPDATE

On Tuesday 8th Septenber 2020 Save Druridge finally won against Banks Mining when Robert Jenrick MP reconfirmed the Governments decision and refused permission for a second time of Banks Minings Planning application at Druridge Bay.

There were a few weeks to wait to ensure Banks Mining did not appeal the decision and we got that confirmation on the 28th October 2020 when they finally threw in the towel. That’s 7yrs 3months from first sending out to local residents a glossy brochure showing us how fantastic the land would look after 10yrs of open casting.

To all those people who have followed our story, come along to our events, helped with our events and given their time and money we thank you all. Without the support of everyone we would not have been able to get the result we did and the land would currently be in the 4th year of open casting. We would have had 300HGVs per day on our single carriageway, air pollution in the form of dust, Light pollution at nights and noise pollution. Our wildlife would have moved on and our landscape would have changed considerably.

To all those people who have given their expertise and experience in putting together our Objection to the Planning Application and helped at the Public Inquiry we cannot thank you enough.

The Chair of a local Parish Councillor (who voted in favour of the opencast) once said to me “it’s not IF but WHEN the land at Highthorn Druridge Bay will be opencast”. I’d just like to say I’m glad we proved you wrong. Never underestimate the strength of local people. On our own we may not win but when we join together with passion we are a force to be reckoned with.

Special thanks to
ALNWICK FRIENDS OF THE EARTH
The local GREEN PARTY
Our Solicitor PAUL STOOKES
Lynne Tate
On behalf of
SAVE DRURIDGE