The government is to hold a public inquiry to examine plans for a controversial new coal mine in Cumbria.
…application had raised issues of ‘more than local importance’…
The BBC writes:
Ministers had been warned the proposal is damaging the UK’s reputation in the run up to a major UN climate summit.
Local leaders have now been told Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick will intervene because ‘controversy about the application has increased’…
In a letter to Cumbria County Council, the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government said Mr Jenrick believed the application had raised issues of ‘more than local importance’.
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