By Anthony Lewis
10 AUG 2023
Synopsis
Non-profit groups, Good Law Project and Coal Action Network, are legally challenging Welsh Government and Merthyr Tydfil council to halt coal excavation at Ffos-y-Fran mine due to their inaction. The mine, meant to close in April 2023, continued after its planning permission ended, extracting 200,000+ tons of coal. The mine's extension request was denied, despite producing most of the UK's coal.
The Good Law Project and Coal Action Network said they were taking legal action to force the immediate closure of Ffos-y-Fran coal mine in Merthyr Tydfil
A political non-profit company and campaign group have announced that they have taken legal action against Welsh Government ministers and Merthyr Tydfil council with the aim of forcing them to stop digging for coal at the Ffos-y-Fran opencast coal mine.
The Good Law Project and Coal Action Network said they were taking legal action to force the immediate closure of Ffos-y-Fran coal mine in Merthyr Tydfil, as "the local council and Welsh Ministers have failed to do so". Ffos-y-Fran opencast mining site was ordered to close after 15 years in April 2023. It was originally supposed to close in September when its planning permission first expired, but more than 200,000 tonnes of coal have since been extracted.
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council refused an application in April which would've extended the mine's time of operation to March 2024. Ffos-y-Fran produces two-thirds of the UK's coal and its closure has been a controversial and ongoing issue.
Source: www.walesonline.co.uk
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