MP11: Coal

Support

Representation ID: 29

Received: 11/10/2019

Respondent: The Coal Authority

The Coal Authority supports this policy which sets out criteria against which proposals for surface coal extraction will be considered.

Object

Representation ID: 100

Received: 11/10/2019

Respondent: Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

NWT do not consider this policy to be sound because it lags behind the national recognition of the climate emergency and the need to reduce the use of fossil fuels, the policy of allowing further coal extraction where need can be demonstrated is inconsistent with the Government’s most recent target to reduce climate changing gas emissions by 2050 to 100% below 1990 levels as stated in The Climate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019. This Plan period encompasses the 4th and 5th Carbon Budget periods, with Government targets for cuts in CO2 emissions of 51% by 2025 and 57% by 2030, so there should no new coal extraction from the County in the MLP in order to make Nottinghamshire’s contribution to meeting those targets