High court blocks Cumbria plan for UK's first new deep coalmine in 30 years

Court rules against West Cumbria Mining's fossil fuel development in Whitehaven The UK's first new deep coalmine in 30 years will not be allowed to go ahead after a ruling in the high court.On Friday morning, Justice Holgate ruled that plans to build the facility in Whitehaven, Cumbria, would not proceed, in what campaigners called a "victory for the environment".The headline and body text of this article were updated on 13 September 2024 to clarify that the Cumbria development would have been the UK's first new deep coalmine, rather than its first new coalmine of any kind, in 30 years. Continue reading...