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Details for Application - NYM/2017/0505/MEIA

Site Address: Land at Woodsmith Mine (formerly Doves Nest Farm & Haxby Plantation), Sneatonthorpe (minehead); underneath 252 km2 of the NYMNPA (winning & working of minerals); a corridor extending underground from the edge of the NP boundary to Wilton Complex (mineral transport system); Ladycross Plantation near Egton, Lockwood Beck Farm near Moorsholm, Tocketts Lythe, near Guisborough (intermediate shaft sites); site within the eastern limits of the Wilton Complex, Teeside (tunnel portal)  

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Application Progress Summary

  • Application Valid18-07-2017 
  • Application Registered20-07-2017 
  • Comments Until18-08-2017    

  • Please note that irrespective of the date set out above where the consultation period extends over a Bank Holiday an additional day is given for each Bank Holiday that falls within this period.

  • Date of Committee14-12-2017
  • DecisionApproved subject to a Section 106 Agreement  06-02-2018
  • Appeal Lodged 
  • Appeal Decision   

Application Details

  • Application NumberNYM/2017/0505/MEIA
  • Site AddressLand at Woodsmith Mine (formerly Doves Nest Farm & Haxby Plantation), Sneatonthorpe (minehead); underneath 252 km2 of the NYMNPA (winning & working of minerals); a corridor extending underground from the edge of the NP boundary to Wilton Complex (mineral transport system); Ladycross Plantation near Egton, Lockwood Beck Farm near Moorsholm, Tocketts Lythe, near Guisborough (intermediate shaft sites); site within the eastern limits of the Wilton Complex, Teeside (tunnel portal)  
  • Application TypeMinerals Application Accompanied by EIA 
  • Proposalvariation of condition 5 of planning permission NYM/2014/0676/MEIA to allow minor material amendments relating to that part of the development at the Woodsmith Mine site (formerly known as Doves Nest Farm and Haxby Plantation), including; re-design of foreshafts and shaft construction methodology, changes to building layout and shaft access arrangements, revisions to construction and operational shaft platform levels, revisions to location and layout of surface water attenuation ponds, revisions to groundwater management arrangements and amendments to internal access road arrangements 
  • Current StatusFINAL DECISION 
  • ApplicantSirius Minerals Plc 
  • AgentLichfields 
  • Borough / District / WardLockwood Ward, Redcar and Cleveland Council, Scarborough Borough Council (North), Scarborough Borough Council (South), Westworth Ward 
  • Location Co-OrdinatesEasting 489495 Northing 505142 
  • ParishesBrompton, Broxa-Cum-Troutsdale, Burniston, Cloughton, Danby, Darncombe-Cum-Langdale End, Egton, Eskdaleside-Cum-Ugglebarnby, Fylingdales, Glaisdale, Goathland, Grosmont, Hackness, Harwood Dale, Hawsker-Cum-Stainsacre, Hutton Buscel, Irton, Lockwood, Newby and Scalby, Newholm-Cum-Dunsley, Silpho, Sneaton, Staintondale, Suffield-Cum-Everley, West Ayton, Whitby, Wykeham 
  • Planning OfficerMr Rob Smith 
  • Existing Land UseUnknown 
  • Proposed Land UseB2 - General Industry