The secretary of state has allowed an appeal against the county council's determination of new conditions for a permission granted in 1956 for excavation of clay and assorted minerals, including coal at Campions Wood Quarry.
The secretary of state has granted permission for a 1400Mw combined cycle gas generating station and a 100MW open cycle gas turbine generating station at Thorpe Marsh, North Doncaster.
The Welsh Assembly government, following recovery of an appeal involving an extension of sand and gravel working at a quarry in Pembrokeshire, agreed that it was necessary to maintain an adequate supply of the materials.
The secretary of state has granted consent for a 900MW gas fired electricity generating station at Stanford-Le-Hope, Essex.
An inspector permitted the extraction of sand from an active quarry in Kent to continue until 2017, finding no green belt harm.
A condition imposed on a planning permission authorising the extract of a rare, high-quality building stone in Warwickshire was amended to permit additional working at weekends.
Permission had been granted in 2005 for an opencast coal mine. The disputed condition stated that coal should be transported to a disposal point for onward transmission by rail.
The use of a barn at an Oxfordshire farm lying within the Chilterns AONB was judged inappropriate for an aggregates recovery and recycling facility due to its adverse impact on the character of the area and the amenity of residents.
The production of recycled aggregate from construction and demolition waste in Oxfordshire was allowed after an inspector decided that it accorded with sustainable development principles.
In granting permission for the extraction of minerals from a quarry an inspector concluded that the scheme would enable the long term future of important heritage assets.
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