§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list the new permissions which have been granted for opencast developments in each year from 1979 to date.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe following sites have been authorised under section 1 of the Opencast Coal Act 1958:
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Site County 1979 Park Slip Extension Mid Glamorgan Tanners Hall Durham Buckhead Durham Foxhouse Cumbria Ryefield Derbyshire Holly Bank Staffordshire Howard Northumberland Erin Derbyshire Lamberts Colliery II Dyfed Headlesscross Strathclyde Region Smiths Colliery Dyfed Tan Pit Slip East Greater Manchester Acklington Extension Northumberland Ingham (revised) West Yorkshire Icehouse Derbyshire Cadgerhall Dumfries and Galloway 1980 Willesley Way Leicestershire Amberswood Greater Manchester Moresby and Keele Cumbria Godkin Derbyshire Buckhead Extension Durham
Site County Milkhope Bank Plantation Northumberland Edmondsley Durham Pica Cumbria West Chevington Northumberland Bursnips Roads Staffordshire Wemos Colliery Dyfed Thorneyhill Central Region (Scotland) Glapwell Derbyshire Rigmuir Strathclyde Region Ffyndaff Mid Glamorgan St. Aidans Extension West Yorkshire Glyn Glas Remainder Dyfed Coalfield North Leicestershire Wooley Durham Springfield West Yorkshire Natsfield Staffordshire 1981 Canal East Pit West Glamorgan Langley Durham Moss Close Durham Keirsbeath Fife Region Oakes Row Derbyshire Red Street Staffordshire Headlesscross (revised) Strathclyde Region East Chevington Northumberland Lings Derbyshire Newlands Derbyshire 1982 Ellerbeck North Lancashire Cornwall West Yorkshire Nicholas Greater Manchester Bateswood North Staffordshire Glyn Tai Dyfed Bentinck Nottinghamshire 1983 Bowes (revised) Strathclyde Region Sourlie Strathclyde Region Dunleyford Durham Ffos Las Dyfed Red Barnes Durham Birch Hall Derbyshire Blackhill Durham Benbain (revised) Strathclyde Roughill Ayrshire Kibblesworth Tyne and Wear No authorisations have yet been granted in 1984.