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    Mining application for open cast mining at Druridge Bay

    Had any of you heard about Callaly Leisure's proposal for a 950 pitch caravan park around the lakes at Widdrington Moor? It went in last November, i.e. a year ago, but the council have deliberately decided NOT to inform local residents directly.
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    Mining application for open cast mining at Druridge Bay

    Yeah, they have until early May to do so.
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    Mining application for open cast mining at Druridge Bay

    Unless this decision sets off another bout of the huge tourist development proposals on the old opencast sites just to the west of Widdrington...All the previous ones (Blue Sky Forest - anyone else remember that one?) would have been at least as damaging to the local environment as the Highthorn...
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    Mining application for open cast mining at Druridge Bay

    But little of that is relevant here, where the mining is being proposed: there isn't any ancient woodland; there isn't any heathland of the sort nightjars and Dartfords like; there aren't any redstarts or pied flycatchers, except on passage; local soil, being above coal measures sandstone, is...
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    Mining application for open cast mining at Druridge Bay

    Yes, yes it is... Most of the area is old opencast, this natural, unspoiled area...With the old brickworks and the old landfill and the rest...
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    Mining application for open cast mining at Druridge Bay

    Public inquiry kicks off on 31/5 at the Falcons' ground in Kingston Park if anyone is interested. Tempting to get in a supply of popcorn and go to watch...
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    Mining application for open cast mining at Druridge Bay

    Apologies for resurrecting this one. I live on the door step of the Highthorn development and have NOT been opposed to it, mostly for reasons given by Barred Wobbler. And likewise have no connection with any of the companies involved, just being someone who's lived here for many years. I've...
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