Restoration of opencast mining sites
Restoration of opencast mining sites
The Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee (‘the Committee’) has agreed to undertake a short piece of work to explore the restoration of former opencast mining sites in south Wales.
This work will focus on:
- the financial and practical arrangements for the restoration of the Ffos y Fran opencast site;
- how restoration of opencast sites can be secured, and contingency planning in the event of insufficient funds being available; and
- the findings and recommendations from the Welsh Government report on Research into the failure to restore opencast coal sites in south Wales (April 2014) and whether these still apply.
Our approach
The Committee will hold evidence sessions on 24 April and 9 May 2024 with representatives of The Coal Authority, environmental organisations as well as local residents' groups.
Correspondences
§ Response from the Minister for Climate Change to the Chair in relation to Ffos-y-Fran opencast coalmine (PDF 205 KB) - 15 March 2024
§ Follow up letter from the Chair to the Minister for Climate Change in relation to the Ffos y Fran opencast coal mine (PDF 76 KB) – 8 March 2024
§ Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Climate Change in relation to the Ffos-y-Fran opencast coalmine (PDF 94 KB) - 11 January 2024
§ Ministerial advice in relation to Ffos-y-Fran opencast coal mine, shared with the Committee by the Coal Action Network (PDF 164 KB) – 28 July 2023
§ Letter from the Coal Authority to the Welsh Government in relation to Ffos-y-Fran opencast coal mine (PDF 146 KB) - 20 October 2023
§ Letter from the Coal Action Network to the Chair in relation to Ffos-y-Fran opencast coal mine (PDF 138 KB) – 4 December 2023
§ Correspondence from Helen Morgan MP to the Climate Change Committee in relation to Ffos-y-Fran opencast coalmine (PDF 737 KB) - 18 September 2023
§ Response from the Minister for Climate Change to the Chair in relation to Ffos-y-Fran opencast coalmine (PDF 191 KB) – 15 September 2023
§ Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Climate Change in relation to the Ffos-y-Fran opencast coal mine (PDF 104 KB) – 24 July 2023
§ Legal opinion commissioned and shared with the Committee by the Coal Action Network (PDF 197 KB) – 23 June 2023
§ Letter from the Coal Action Network to the Chair regarding Ffos-y-Fran opencast coal mine (PDF 622 KB) – 11 May 2023
Business type: Other
First published: 25/05/2023
Documents
- Correspondence from the Committee to the Minister for Climate Change in relation to Ffos-y-Fran opencast mining site: 24 July 2023 (PDF 104KB)
PDF 104 KB - Response from the Minister for Climate Change to the Chair in relation to Ffos-y-Fran opencast coalmine - 15 September 2023 PDF 191 KB
- Letter from the Coal Action Network to the Chair in relation to Ffos-y-Fran opencast coal mine – 4 December 2023 PDF 138 KB
- Letter from the Coal Authority to the Welsh Government in relation to Ffos-y-Fran opencast coal mine – 20 October 2023 PDF 146 KB
- Ministerial advice in relation to Ffos-y-Fran opencast coal mine – 28 July 2023 PDF 164 KB