Key Project Facts:

• Boundary area: 112ha (277acres)
• Operational (working) area: 50.7ha (125acres)
• Minerals: 400,000 tonnes of fire clay and 800,000 tonnes of coal
• Duration: 3.5 years “green to green”
• Working hours: please see the graphic below
• Restoration: Species rich pastures, wildlife islands, Carr woodland, reinstatement of historic waggon ways with interpretative boards, additional permissive footpath and bridleways
• Jobs: 50 jobs directly and many more through supply chain and brickworks
• Vehicle access to site: Ponteland Road
• HGV movements: Up to 73 loaded HGVs will leave the site per day
• HGV route for coal: South on Ponteland Road – Eastbound on the A69 – North on A1
• HGV route for fire clay: Either to Ibstock’s Throckley Brick Works or Red Barns’ Quarry, South Tyneside

Click on this link to view the full planning application.

If you wish to view the non-technical summary, you can find it here.

Dewley Hill Surgery Invite Newsletter – February 2019

How will the site be worked?

The initial site works, in the first few weeks, will include the installation of drainage ditches and lagoons, construction of the site offices and site compound, and erection of protective fencing around areas of retained vegetation.

The phasing plans below show you how the site will progress over the three and a half year duration.