Local authority: Northumberland County Council
Postcode of nearby property: NE23 8AU
Site status: Operational
Site area: 400 hectares (c988 acres) – including the 19 hectare (47 acre) Northumberlandia Landform Park
Site duration: Coal production until 2018. Restored by the end of around 2019
Jobs: 150 jobs
Traffic movements: Up to 190 coal wagons per day
Restoration: Northumberlandia landform park. In addition to the landform park when the site is fully restored there will be new public access and improved wildlife corridors, new planting and improved agricultural land
History: Banks Mining has been extracting coal from this site since 2008
Banks Community Fund: Please click the following link for information abut the Banks Community Fund
Downloads: Shotton & Brenkley Lane Community Update, August 2015