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.