Plans to transform a caravan park into a temporary village for about 400 mineworkers are withdrawn.
Plans to transform a caravan park near Whitby into a temporary village for about 400 miners have been abandoned following an outcry.More than 25 respondents told the North York Moors National Park Authority it would have a detrimental impact on them.Documents lodged with the authority said Anglo American was seeking consent for two-person cabins, with solar panels, in place of the 189 pitches on the caravan park, as well as welfare lodges.
Another claimed that the mine area was already "lit up like Blackpool, driving all wildlife away", while others said it would ruin "the equilibrium of a beautiful, peaceful village". Announcing the decision to withdraw the application, Anglo American spokesman Matthew Parsons said: "Having engaged extensively with the local community in recent months, we have considered all the feedback and have decided to withdraw our planning application for the Ladycross Caravan Park and explore other options."
Esk Valley and Coast division councillor Clive Pearson welcomed the firm's decision to look elsewhere to accommodate its construction workforce given the level of local opposition.Work is under way to sink shafts which will extend under the North Sea. The mine will produce polyhalite, a form of potash for use as an agricultural fertiliser.
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