§ Mr. Heddleasked the Secretary of State for the Environment to what extent his inspector investigated the incidence of coal mining subsidence on the site of the former Gate Inn, Upper Longdon, near Rugeley, during the course of the inquiry into the appeal by Bass Charrington plc to develop the land occupied by the former public house.
§ Mr. MacfarlaneThe inspector accepted the recommendation of the National Coal Board that subsidence affected the northern part of the appeal site so that development should not take place there, nor within 9 m. of the southern break line crossing it. He was also aware that the board had no current plans for mining which should affect the site. He was able to see the effects of subsidence for himself when he visited the site.