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@RDB - another excellent find - you can see from that email that in November the TWL team are stressing to the EA the importance of urgently issuing the draft permit. It only took another 3 months for the lovely EA to issue it. We are at the mercy of these regulators until they give their nod of approval. Given the the CMS you would have hoped Central Government would have streamlined these applications to fast track these projects. Nevertheless decision time is here. If the EA baulk again then I think they'll just hold the project under till it drowns, but I don't see that as the outcome. The EA are out of excuses and soon to be out of time in making taking decision, and as they are minded to grant the permit, without substantial reasons not to, they will issue the permit.

WOLF certainly soiled the bed linen with this type of behaviour. However, reporting in these papers tends to sensationalise. It's understandable that the locals are worried and why the EA are being so cautious. WOLF caused serious pollution issues. TWL had better manage their plant substantially more professionally than WOLF did otherwise they'll cause an uproar. You must expect as well that those badly affected last time will be very sensitive to its operation. All that said I cant anything here to prevent reopening.

@RDB - This is interesting from a timing perspective. There is an outside chance that the Parish Council meeting on the 22nd April may have resulted in a submission to the EA. There's a 10day window for action. However, if you're keeping up with these comms you'll recall that I contacted the EA on the 7th and queried the date change on the MPF permit application. During that call they revealed that the decision to extend the deadline had been taken 6 days earlier and as I said, I was told it was due to a couple of LFN docs which hadn't been circulated. If we take that as an honest answer the delay to the 30th will have nothing to do with the Parish Council.

It would be interesting to see if either TWL or the EA were present at that meeting on the 22nd, and now that the Parish Council website is up and running again, whether they'll attend the next meeting on the 14th May where Hemerdon mine is item 9 on the agenda.

@RDB - excellent sleuthing there. Another piece of the puzzle. For those of a nervous disposition, remember: this was approved. ATB

Morning all. The more I read about this, with regards to the parish council, it sounds to me that they don't want it on their doorsetep. This will never happen. We should have been made aware of this. I've been a developer for many years, and take it from me, if you haven't got the parish council on your side your basically stuffed.