Completed petition Call in All Opencast Mining Planning Applications

We call upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to call in all opencast mining planning applications over 10 years duration or over 350 hectares in size because the implications of these developments are far reaching and long standing with effects beyond the immediate locality.

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Date completed 1 March 2016
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